VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2022-4127
A local user could use this flaw to potentially crash the system causing a denial of service.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.21%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A NULL pointer dereference issue was discovered in the Linux kernel in io_files_update_with_index_alloc. A local user could use this flaw to potentially crash the system causing a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.21% probability · 12th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d785a773bed966a75ca1f11d108ae1897189975bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/d5a19c1e-9968-e22e-5917-c3139c5e7e89%40kernel.dk/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d785a773bed966a75ca1f11d108ae1897189975bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/d5a19c1e-9968-e22e-5917-c3139c5e7e89%40kernel.dk/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.