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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2022-49692 EUVD-2022-54543GHSA-xm7v-qxrm-68jg

net: phy: at803x: fix NULL pointer dereference on AR9331 PHY

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: phy: at803x: fix NULL pointer dereference on AR9331 PHY

Latest kernel will explode on the PHY interrupt config, since it depends
now on allocated priv. So, run probe to allocate priv to fix it.

ar9331_switch ethernet.1:10 lan0 (uninitialized): PHY [!ahb!ethernet@1a000000!mdio!switch@10:00] driver [Qualcomm Atheros AR9331 built-in PHY] (irq=13)
CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000a, epc == 8050e8a8, ra == 80504b34
...
Call Trace:
[<8050e8a8>] at803x_config_intr+0x5c/0xd0
[<80504b34>] phy_request_interrupt+0xa8/0xd0
[<8050289c>] phylink_bringup_phy+0x2d8/0x3ac
[<80502b68>] phylink_fwnode_phy_connect+0x118/0x130
[<8074d8ec>] dsa_slave_create+0x270/0x420
[<80743b04>] dsa_port_setup+0x12c/0x148
[<8074580c>] dsa_register_switch+0xaf0/0xcc0
[<80511344>] ar9331_sw_probe+0x370/0x388
[<8050cb78>] mdio_probe+0x44/0x70
[<804df300>] really_probe+0x200/0x424
[<804df7b4>] __driver_probe_device+0x290/0x298
[<804df810>] driver_probe_device+0x54/0xe4
[<804dfd50>] __device_attach_driver+0xe4/0x130
[<804dcb00>] bus_for_each_drv+0xb4/0xd8
[<804dfac4>] __device_attach+0x104/0x1a4
[<804ddd24>] bus_probe_device+0x48/0xc4
[<804deb44>] deferred_probe_work_func+0xf0/0x10c
[<800a0ffc>] process_one_work+0x314/0x4d4
[<800a17fc>] worker_thread+0x2a4/0x354
[<800a9a54>] kthread+0x134/0x13c
[<8006306c>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c

Same Issue would affect some other PHYs (QCA8081, QCA9561), so fix it
too.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.18 5.18.8

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.18.14-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.18.14-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.18.14-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —

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