FKIE_CVE-2022-4842

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-12 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:22
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A flaw NULL Pointer Dereference in the Linux kernel NTFS3 driver function attr_punch_hole() was found. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lore.kernel.org/ntfs3/784f82c4-de71-b8c3-afd6-468869a369af%40paragon-software.com/T/#t
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lore.kernel.org/ntfs3/784f82c4-de71-b8c3-afd6-468869a369af%40paragon-software.com/T/#t
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 6.2
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