VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-41858
This issue could allow an attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.27%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur while a slip driver is in progress to detach in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip/slip.c. This issue could allow an attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416, CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · netapp/hci baseboard management controller
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ec4eb8a86ade4d22633e1da2a7d85a846b7d1798Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0006/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ec4eb8a86ade4d22633e1da2a7d85a846b7d1798Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0006/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.