medium 5.5

CVE-2022-3105 json

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6.

published 2022-12-14 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-42532

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. uapi_finalize in drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_uapi.c lacks check of kmalloc_array().

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 5 links 1

linux linux_kernel 5.16.0

debian ubuntu red hat suse azure linux

linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.15.15-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3105

linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-105.119
linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1069.73
linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1068.72
linux-gke Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1066.69
linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1018.20
linux-kvm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1059.62
linux-azure Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1073.76
linux-gkeop Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1037.38

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3105

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kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:1988 RHSA-2022:1975

kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150200.24.142.1
kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150200.24.142.1
kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 +3 more 5.3.18-150200.24.142.1
kernel-preempt SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150200.24.142.1
kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150200.24.142.1
kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150200.24.142.1.150200.9.67.1
dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.3.18-150300.59.109.1
kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.109.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0406-1 SUSE-SU-2023:0152-1 SUSE-SU-2023:0149-1 SUSE-SU-2023:0147-1 SUSE-SU-2023:0146-1 SUSE-SU-2023:0134-1

kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.86.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-11606

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git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.1… commit

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-3105 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 5.5

kernel: RDMA/uverbs: NULL pointer dereference in uapi_finalize()

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8, kernel 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8, bpftool 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8, +15 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:1988
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8, +2 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:1975
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-22)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

n/a Kernel

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Technology feeds

Linux kernel rss critical rss

References

git.kernel.org /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=7694a7de22c53a312ea98960fcafc6ec62046531
patch, vendor-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=2153067
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-3105
NVD CVE-2022-3105

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Summary