NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-azure-devel package, versions <5.14.21-150400.14.13.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELAZUREDEVEL-3026171
  • published17 Sept 2022
  • disclosed16 Sept 2022

Introduced: 16 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-3078  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-azure-devel to version 5.14.21-150400.14.13.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-azure-devel package and not the kernel-azure-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. There is a lack of check after calling vzalloc() and lack of free after allocation in drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_s302m.c.

CVSS Scores

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