CVE-2022-3112

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. amvdec_set_canvases in drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause the null pointer dereference.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153068	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=c8c80c996182239ff9b05eda4db50184cf3b2e99	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153068	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=c8c80c996182239ff9b05eda4db50184cf3b2e99	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc5::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc6::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2022-12-14 21:15

Updated : 2025-04-22 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-3112

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3112

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-3112

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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