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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2022-4842 json

A flaw NULL Pointer Dereference in the Linux kernel NTFS3 driver function attr_punch_hole() was found.

published 2023-01-12 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-52116

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 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw NULL Pointer Dereference in the Linux kernel NTFS3 driver function attr_punch_hole() was found. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4842

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-70.77
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1034.38
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1032.40
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1031.36
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1028.31
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1031.36
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1036.43
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1018.23

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4842

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

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-2022-4842 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: ntfs3: NULL pointer dereference in attr_punch_hole() in fs/ntfs3/attrib.c

  • 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, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, kernel-tools, python3-perf, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% 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
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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