NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-3114

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU70498

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-3114

Published: December 27, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70498
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3114
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the imx_register_uart_clocks() function in drivers/clk/imx/clk.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
Anolis OS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Realtime
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_1-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_5-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_5-rt
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_41-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_41-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_7-debugsource
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-headers
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-source
perf-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools
python3-perf
perf
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-core
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-core
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-modules
kernel-debug-modules-extra
kernel-modules
kernel-modules-extra
kernel-tools-libs-devel
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-modules-internal
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-source-azure
kernel-devel-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure
cluster-md-kmp-azure
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-syms
kselftests-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
dtb-xilinx
gfs2-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
dtb-sprd
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-macros
kernel-docs-html
kernel-docs
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-broadcom
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-allwinner
dtb-altera
dtb-amazon
dtb-amd
dtb-amlogic
dtb-apm
dtb-apple
dtb-arm
dtb-socionext
dtb-cavium
dtb-exynos
dtb-freescale
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-lg
dtb-marvell
dtb-mediatek
dtb-nvidia
dtb-qcom
dtb-renesas
dtb-rockchip
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild

How to mitigate CVE-2022-3114

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 5.16.0
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_1-debugsource - update to 1-150400.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_5-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150400.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_5-rt - update to 1-150400.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_41-default - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_41-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_7-debugsource - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.77.0.101, 5.10.0-136.14.2.90
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-core - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-debug - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-debug-core - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-debug-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-debug-modules - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-debug-modules-extra - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-modules - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-modules-extra - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-tools-libs-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-tools-libs - addressed in versions 5.10.134-16, 5.10.134-17
kernel-modules-internal - update to 5.10.134-17
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-source-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure-optional - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure-extra - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-syms - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-debug - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-optional - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-source - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-macros - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-docs - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-amazon - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-amd - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-apm - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-apple - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-arm - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-socionext - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-exynos - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-freescale - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-lg - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-marvell - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-qcom - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-renesas - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-base - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1.150400.24.15.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1.150400.24.15.1

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