Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-3110
CVE-2022-3110
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. _rtw_init_xmit_priv in drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c lacks check of the return value of rtw_alloc_hwxmits() and will cause the null pointer dereference.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.16.0
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=5.16-rc6
Patches
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References
2- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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