NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-3106

Vulnerability identifier: #VU71537

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-2022-3106

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the ef100_update_stats() function in drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_nic.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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Linux kernel - update to 5.17 rc6
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kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
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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
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
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kernel-devel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
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cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150400.14.31.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150400.15.8.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
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kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-debug - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-obs-qa - 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
kernel-default-optional-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
gfs2-kmp-64kb - 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-optional - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-broadcom - 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
kernel-debug-debugsource - 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
dtb-socionext - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
dtb-apple - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-debug-devel - 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-arm - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 5.14.21-150400.24.41.1.150400.24.15.1

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153066
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=407ecd1bd726f240123f704620d46e285ff30dd9

• Denial of service in multiple Linux kernel drivers
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect Plus Server