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CVE-2022-3110

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
14/12/2022
Last modified:
22/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

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