CVE-2022-40476

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CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p23

Published

Sep 14, 2022 (Sep 14, 2022)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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