CVE-2022-1516

Summary

CVECVE-2022-1516
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-05-05 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-27 16:21:00 UTC
DescriptionA NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s X.25 set of standardized network protocols functionality in the way a user terminates their session using a simulated Ethernet card and continued usage of this connection. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.18 rc1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/netdev/net.git - Netdev Group's networking tree MISC git.kernel.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5173-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - Linux kernel: CVE-2022-1516: NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel`s X.25 network protocol MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3065-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179258 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5127-1)
  • 180282 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3065-1)
  • 180605 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5173-1)
  • 182338 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-1516)
  • 198783 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5416-1)
  • 198822 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5469-1)
  • 198824 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5467-1)
  • 198858 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5515-1)
  • 199560 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (AWS) Vulnerabilities (USN-6001-1)
  • 199568 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (AWS) Vulnerabilities (USN-6013-1)
  • 199577 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6014-1)
  • 353293 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2022-1793
  • 353947 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2022-1798
  • 353956 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2022-1591
  • 355563 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-036
  • 376925 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0125)
  • 378043 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2023:0011)
  • 6140160 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-mxf5-h83h-r94m)
  • 671975 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2159)
  • 672003 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2134)
  • 752120 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1651-1)
  • 752125 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1686-1)
  • 752126 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1687-1)
  • 752231 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2082-1)
  • 752237 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2083-1)
  • 752240 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2103-1)
  • 752242 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2104-1)
  • 752250 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2111-1)
  • 753176 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1676-1)
  • 753299 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1669-1)
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