CVE-2022-3107 (GCVE-0-2022-3107)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-22 14:19
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Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. netvsc_get_ethtool_stats in drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c lacks check of the return value of kvmalloc_array() and will cause the null pointer dereference.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Kernel Affected: Linux 5.16-rc6
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