CVE-2022-3104

kernel: lkdtm/bugs: NULL pointer dereference in lkdtm_ARRAY_BOUNDS

Published Dec 14, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. lkdtm_ARRAY_BOUNDS in drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c lacks check of the return value of kmalloc() and will cause the null pointer dereference.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-42531 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. lkdtm_ARRAY_BOUNDS in drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c lacks check of the return value of kmalloc() and will cause the null pointer dereference.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2026, 1:38 PM
Reserved
Sep 2, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 14, 2022, 9:15 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 2:17 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 13, 2022, 12:00 AM