What is CVE-2022-3107?

CVE-2022-3107 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476). CVE-2022-3107 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3107?

CVE-2022-3107 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-3107?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2022-3107 patch availability.

Is CVE-2022-3107 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-3107 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CVE-2022-3107

Medium

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. netvsc_get_ethtool_stats in drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c lacks check of the return value of kvmalloc_array() and will cause the null pointer dereference.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-12-14

Last modified 2025-04-22

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-476

CVE-2022-3107 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

What is NULL Pointer Dereference?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

2 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=886e44c9298a6b428ae046e2fa092ca52e822e6a

Patch Vendor Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153060

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-3107

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-12-14

Modified 2025-04-22

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3107?

CVE-2022-3107 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476) . CVE-2022-3107 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3107?

CVE-2022-3107 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-3107?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2022-3107 patch availability.
Is CVE-2022-3107 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-3107 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.