Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-3110
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 14% 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 85.8% 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. _rtw_init_xmit_priv in drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c lacks check of the return value of rtw_alloc_hwxmits() and will cause the null pointer dereference.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-48.54 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1020.24 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1020.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1024.30.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1018.24 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1016.19 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1003.5 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1015.17 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1016.21 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1018.22 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-48.54 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1007.7 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | 5.17.0-1013.14 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1018.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1015.17 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3110 |
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