CVE-2022-3111 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime11 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.39%
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
Latest updateApr 12

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. free_charger_irq() in drivers/power/supply/wm8350_power.c lacks free of WM8350_IRQ_CHG_FAST_RDY, which is registered in wm8350_init_charger().

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 Packages7 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.16.0+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.113-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-239.273
▶CVEListV5linux/linux_kernelLinux 5.16-rc6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.17.3-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
linux, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities↗2023-04-12
▶
OSV
linux-aws vulnerabilities↗2023-04-06
▶
OSV
CVE-2022-3111: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5↗2022-12-14
▶
GHSA
GHSA-6543-hmm7-9cv7: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5↗2022-12-14
▶

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities↗2023-04-12
▶
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2023-04-12
▶
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities↗2023-04-06
▶
Microsoft
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. free_charger_irq() in drivers/power/supply/wm8350_power.c lacks free of WM8350_IRQ_CHG_FAST_RDY which is registered in wm8350_init_charger↗2022-12-13
▶
Red Hat
kernel: wm8350-power: memory leak in free_charger_irq()↗2022-12-13
▶