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        "cveId": "CVE-2022-49805",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-05-01T14:05:17.225Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-05-01T14:09:32.227Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:07:07.972Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: lan966x: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in lan966x_stats_init()\n\nlan966x_stats_init() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not\nchecked the ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may\nhappen:\n\nlan966x_stats_init()\n    create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, lan966x->stats_queue is NULL\n    queue_delayed_work()\n        queue_delayed_work_on()\n            __queue_delayed_work()  # warning here, but continue\n                __queue_work()      # access wq->flags, null-ptr-deref\n\nCheck the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL."
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