Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-3106
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in Kernel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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().
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.15.15-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3106 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.15.15-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3106 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.15.15-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3106 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3106 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H