{"cve":"CVE-2022-49826","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T15:16:06.043","modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:56.950","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nata: libata-transport: fix double ata_host_put() in ata_tport_add()\n\nIn the error path in ata_tport_add(), when calling put_device(),\nata_tport_release() is called, it will put the refcount of 'ap->host'.\n\nAnd then ata_host_put() is called again, the refcount is decreased\nto 0, ata_host_release() is called, all ports are freed and set to\nnull.\n\nWhen unbinding the device after failure, ata_host_stop() is called\nto release the resources, it leads a null-ptr-deref(), because all\nthe ports all freed and null.\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008\nCPU: 7 PID: 18671 Comm: modprobe Kdump: loaded Tainted: G            E      6.1.0-rc3+ #8\npstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : ata_host_stop+0x3c/0x84 [libata]\nlr : release_nodes+0x64/0xd0\nCall trace:\n ata_host_stop+0x3c/0x84 [libata]\n release_nodes+0x64/0xd0\n devres_release_all+0xbc/0x1b0\n device_unbind_cleanup+0x20/0x70\n really_probe+0x158/0x320\n __driver_probe_device+0x84/0x120\n driver_probe_device+0x44/0x120\n __driver_attach+0xb4/0x220\n bus_for_each_dev+0x78/0xdc\n driver_attach+0x2c/0x40\n bus_add_driver+0x184/0x240\n driver_register+0x80/0x13c\n __pci_register_driver+0x4c/0x60\n ahci_pci_driver_init+0x30/0x1000 [ahci]\n\nFix this by removing redundant ata_host_put() in the error path.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30e12e2be27ac6c4be2af4163c70db381364706f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/377ff82c33c0cb74562a353361b64b33c09562cf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/865a6da40ba092c18292ae5f6194756131293745","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c76310740807ade5ecdab5888f70ecb6d35732e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac471468f7c16cda2525909946ca13ddbcd14000"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49826","score":0.00226,"percentile":0.13376,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}