NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.19-rc6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3150402
  • published29 Nov 2022
  • disclosed29 Nov 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-4127  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.19-rc6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in io_files_update_with_index_alloc. A local user could use this flaw to potentially crash the system.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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