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FKIE_CVE-2022-41858

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-17 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:03
Severity
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur while a slip driver is in progress to detach in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip/slip.c. This issue could allow an attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ec4eb8a86ade4d22633e1da2a7d85a846b7d1798Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0006/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ec4eb8a86ade4d22633e1da2a7d85a846b7d1798Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0006/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
netapp hci_baseboard_management_controller h300s
netapp hci_baseboard_management_controller h410c
netapp hci_baseboard_management_controller h410s
netapp hci_baseboard_management_controller h500s
netapp hci_baseboard_management_controller h700s
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