CVE-2022-3110 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Linux KernelDebian LinuxMsrc Cbl2 Kernel 5.15.86.1-1 ON CBL Mariner 2.0+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 14

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. _rtw_init_xmit_priv in drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c lacks check of the return value of rtw_alloc_hwxmits() and will cause the null pointer dereference.

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 Packages6 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.16.0+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.18.5-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux_kernelLinux 5.16-rc6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.18.5-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2022-3110: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5↗2022-12-14
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GHSA
GHSA-g4vx-757m-g7rm: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5↗2022-12-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Microsoft
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. _rtw_init_xmit_priv in drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c lacks check of the return value of rtw_alloc_hwxmits() and will cause the n↗2022-12-13
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Red Hat
kernel: r8188eu: NULL pointer dereference in rtw_alloc_hwxmits()↗2022-12-13
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Debian
CVE-2022-3110: linux - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. _rtw_init_xmit_pri...↗2022
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