Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-4127
CVE-2022-4127
Description
A NULL pointer dereference issue was discovered in the Linux kernel in io_files_update_with_index_alloc. A local user could use this flaw to potentially crash the system causing a denial of service.
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2Patches
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References
2- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d785a773bed966a75ca1f11d108ae1897189975bnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lore.kernel.org/all/d5a19c1e-9968-e22e-5917-c3139c5e7e89%40kernel.dk/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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