MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft

CVE-2022-40476

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel before 5.15.62. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.

Microsoft Security Update 2022-Sep: A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel before 5.15.62. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.

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Published: 2022-09-13 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-14
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2022-09-13 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.144.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 kernel 5.15.67.1-4 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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