CVE-2022-4127

2022-11-2800:00:00

CWE-476

redhat

www.cve.org

linux kernel

null pointer dereference

denial of service

5.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "Linux kernel (io_uring)",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "Fixed in 5.19",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]