High severity · published Sep 14, 2022
CVE-2022-3202
A NULL pointer dereference flaw in diFree in fs/jfs/inode.c in Journaled File System (JFS)in the Linux kernel
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw in diFree in fs/jfs/inode.c in Journaled File System (JFS)in the Linux kernel. This could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel internal information.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 4.9.311; 4.10 before 4.14.276; 4.15 before 4.19.238; 4.20 before 5.4.189; 5.5.0 before 5.10.111; 5.11 before 5.15.34; +2 more · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3202
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3202
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a53046291020ec41e09181396c1e829287b48d47
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221228-0007/
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