CVE-2022-3106 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-200 — Sensitive Information ExposureCWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Info9 documents9 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
GHSA7.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Linux KernelGithub.com Weaveworks Weave-gitopsDebian Linux+3 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 14
Latest updateFeb 14

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. ef100_update_stats in drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_nic.c lacks check of the return value of kmalloc().

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.16.0+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.92-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux_kernelLinux 5.16-rc6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.15.15-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
Gitops Run insecure communication↗2023-01-09
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OSV
CVE-2022-3106: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5↗2022-12-14
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GHSA
GHSA-3wm6-5f35-v4rp: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5↗2022-12-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2024-0001 Informational Bulletin: Impact of OSS CVEs in PAN-OS↗2024-02-14
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Red Hat
kernel: sfc_ef100: NULL pointer dereference in ef100_update_stats()↗2022-12-13
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Microsoft
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. ef100_update_stats in drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_nic.c lacks check of the return value of kmalloc().↗2022-12-13
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Debian
CVE-2022-3106: linux - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. ef100_update_stats...↗2022
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2022-3106 kernel: sfc_ef100: NULL pointer dereference in ef100_update_stats()↗2022-12-13
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