CVE-2022-3112 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.26%
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. amvdec_set_canvases in drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() 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< 5.10.113-1+3
▶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

2
OSV
CVE-2022-3112: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5↗2022-12-14
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GHSA
GHSA-g3fg-j524-wfh2: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5↗2022-12-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
kernel: media: meson: NULL pointer dereference in amvdec_add_ts()↗2022-12-13
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Microsoft
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. amvdec_set_canvases in drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause the nul↗2022-12-13
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Debian
CVE-2022-3112: linux - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. amvdec_set_canvase...↗2022
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