Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-3114
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 15% 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 85.0% 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. imx_register_uart_clocks in drivers/clk/imx/clk.c lacks check of the return value of kcalloc() and will cause the null pointer dereference.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.19.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.19.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.19.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-198.208 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-198.208 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1117.124 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1117.124 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1123.132 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1123.132 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1122.131 | USN-8876-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1122.131 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1118.128 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1118.128 | USN-8877-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1113.119 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1113.119 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1100.108 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1100.108 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1111.115 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1111.115 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1112.118 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1112.118 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1109.114 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1109.114 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-195.205 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-195.205 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1112.113 | USN-8875-2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1112.113 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra | 5.15.0-1070.72 | USN-8963-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra | 5.15.0-1070.72 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | 5.15.0-1059.59 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | 5.15.0-1059.59 | USN-8963-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1114.120 | USN-8875-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1114.120 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 5.15.0-1080.84 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3114 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 5.15.0-1080.84 | USN-8875-1 |
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