{"cve":"CVE-2022-48942","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-22T04:15:18.953","modified":"2026-06-17T05:16:40.407","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly\n\nIf an attempt is made to a sensor with a thermal zone and it fails,\nthe call to devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() may return -ENODEV.\nThis may result in crashes similar to the following.\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000003cd\n...\nInternal error: Oops: 96000021 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n...\npstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : mutex_lock+0x18/0x60\nlr : thermal_zone_device_update+0x40/0x2e0\nsp : ffff800014c4fc60\nx29: ffff800014c4fc60 x28: ffff365ee3f6e000 x27: ffffdde218426790\nx26: ffff365ee3f6e000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff365ee3f6e000\nx23: ffffdde218426870 x22: ffff365ee3f6e000 x21: 00000000000003cd\nx20: ffff365ee8bf3308 x19: ffffffffffffffed x18: 0000000000000000\nx17: ffffdde21842689c x16: ffffdde1cb7a0b7c x15: 0000000000000040\nx14: ffffdde21a4889a0 x13: 0000000000000228 x12: 0000000000000000\nx11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000\nx8 : 0000000001120000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000000\nx5 : 0068000878e20f07 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 00000000000003cd\nx2 : ffff365ee3f6e000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000003cd\nCall trace:\n mutex_lock+0x18/0x60\n hwmon_notify_event+0xfc/0x110\n 0xffffdde1cb7a0a90\n 0xffffdde1cb7a0b7c\n irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0xa0\n irq_thread+0x134/0x240\n kthread+0x178/0x190\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\nCode: d503201f d503201f d2800001 aa0103e4 (c8e47c02)\n\nJon Hunter reports that the exact call sequence is:\n\nhwmon_notify_event()\n  --> hwmon_thermal_notify()\n    --> thermal_zone_device_update()\n      --> update_temperature()\n        --> mutex_lock()\n\nThe hwmon core needs to handle all errors returned from calls\nto devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). If the call fails\nwith -ENODEV, report that the sensor was not attached to a\nthermal zone  but continue to register the hwmon device.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b5f517cca36292076d9e38fa6e33a257703e62e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7efe8499cb90651c540753f4269d2d43ede14223","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1969e14ad93663f9a3ed02ccc2138da9956a0e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/962b2a3188bfa5388756ffbc47dfa5ff59cb8011"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-48942","score":0.00214,"percentile":0.11755,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}