CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-48841
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-07-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_update_vsi_tx_ring_stats()
It is possible to do NULL pointer dereference in routine that updates
Tx ring stats. Currently only stats and bytes are updated when ring
pointer is valid, but later on ring is accessed to propagate gathered Tx
stats onto VSI stats.
Change the existing logic to move to next ring when ring is NULL.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 5.16.17)
• linux linux kernel 5.17
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2397270ec97c5e3009a58ac110a25e1869e9d6ff Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f153546913bada41a811722f2c6d17c3243a0333 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2397270ec97c5e3009a58ac110a25e1869e9d6ff Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f153546913bada41a811722f2c6d17c3243a0333 Mailing List, Patch