{"cve":"CVE-2022-49823","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T15:16:05.723","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:14.000","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nata: libata-transport: fix error handling in ata_tdev_add()\n\nIn ata_tdev_add(), the return value of transport_add_device() is\nnot checked. As a result, it causes null-ptr-deref while removing\nthe module, because transport_remove_device() is called to remove\nthe device that was not added.\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000d0\nCPU: 13 PID: 13603 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G        W          6.1.0-rc3+ #36\npstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : device_del+0x48/0x3a0\nlr : device_del+0x44/0x3a0\nCall trace:\n device_del+0x48/0x3a0\n attribute_container_class_device_del+0x28/0x40\n transport_remove_classdev+0x60/0x7c\n attribute_container_device_trigger+0x118/0x120\n transport_remove_device+0x20/0x30\n ata_tdev_delete+0x24/0x50 [libata]\n ata_tlink_delete+0x40/0xa0 [libata]\n ata_tport_delete+0x2c/0x60 [libata]\n ata_port_detach+0x148/0x1b0 [libata]\n ata_pci_remove_one+0x50/0x80 [libata]\n ahci_remove_one+0x4c/0x8c [ahci]\n\nFix this by checking and handling return value of transport_add_device()\nin ata_tdev_add(). In the error path, device_del() is called to delete\nthe device which was added earlier in this function, and ata_tdev_free()\nis called to free ata_dev.","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/1ff36351309e3eadcff297480baf4785e726de9b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef2ac07ab83163b9a53f45da20e14302591ad9cc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f23058dc2398db1d8faca9a2b1ce30b85cdd8b22","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f54331962883f4fc4bf5e487e6e7cf07c4567fef"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49823","score":0.00215,"percentile":0.11944,"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."]}