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high 7.1

CVE-2022-41858 json

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel.

published 2023-01-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-45022

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur while a slip driver is in progress to detach in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip/slip.c. This issue could allow an attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 4.9.311, 4.14.276, 4.19.239, 5.4.190, 5.10.112, 5.15.35, 5.17.4
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.17.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41858

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-189.200
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-122.138
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1137.148
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1081.88
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1084.92
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1008.12

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41858

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.2.0-362.18.1.el9_3
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:1404RHSA-2024:1382RHSA-2024:1367RHSA-2024:0461RHSA-2024:0439RHSA-2024:0431

  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.106.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +3 more 5.3.18-150300.59.106.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLES 15 SP3-BCL +6 more 5.3.18-150300.59.106.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.106.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1SUSE-SU-2022:4616-1SUSE-SU-2022:4615-1SUSE-SU-2022:4614-1SUSE-SU-2022:4613-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:0897

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.87.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-13051

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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-2022-41858 updated cvss 7.1

kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0897
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0461
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0412
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1404
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0432
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0448
show 28 more
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, perf 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, rtla 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0461
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) perf 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0432
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) perf 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0448
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, bpftool 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-tools 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, python3-perf 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0897
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.2.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-64k 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-core 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-tools 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, python3-perf 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0461
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2) perf 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, kernel 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, bpftool 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, kernel-core 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, kernel-tools 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, python3-perf 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1268
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1367
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.2) perf 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, kernel 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, bpftool 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, kernel-core 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, kernel-tools 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, python3-perf 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1268
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1367
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1404
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) kernel 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, bpftool 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-core 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-tools 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, python3-perf 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, kernel-modules 5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0432
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) bpftool 7.0.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0448
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v. 8.2) perf 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, kernel 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, bpftool 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, kernel-core 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, kernel-tools 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, python3-perf 4.18.0-193.128.1.el8_2, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1268
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1367
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0881
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV TUS (v.8.4) kernel-rt 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1382
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0461
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.0) kernel-rt 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0431
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0439
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0881
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0461
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.0) kernel-rt 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0431
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0439
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV TUS (v. 8.2) kernel-rt 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time TUS (v. 8.2) kernel-rt 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-193.128.1.rt13.179.el8_2, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1269
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT TUS (v.8.4) kernel-rt 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1382
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) kernel-doc 5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Linux kernel

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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