CVE-2022-3112

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-3112
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-14 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-16 21:17:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16.0 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16.0 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16.0 rc6 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
2153068 – (CVE-2022-3112) CVE-2022-3112 Kernel: kzalloc's return value not checked leading to null pointer dereference MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181325 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-3112)
  • 753564 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0147-1)
  • 753565 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0146-1)
  • 753583 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0152-1)
  • 753584 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0149-1)
  • 753688 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0406-1)
  • 904686 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11637)
  • 904694 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11612)
  • 904756 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11637-1)
  • 906085 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11637-2)
  • 906323 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11612-2)
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