Bug 2153055 (CVE-2022-3110) - CVE-2022-3110 Kernel: Unchecked rtw_alloc_hwxmits return leads to null pointer dereference.
Summary: CVE-2022-3110 Kernel: Unchecked rtw_alloc_hwxmits return leads to null pointe...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-3110
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 2153051
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Reported: 2022-12-13 21:56 UTC by Sage McTaggart
Modified: 2023-02-14 15:14 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: Linux 5.17-rc6
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Description Sage McTaggart 2022-12-13 21:56:19 UTC 
[Suggested 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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[VulnerabilityType Other]
NULL Pointer Dereference

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[Vendor of Product]
the development group

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[Affected Product Code Base]
Linux kernel - 5.16-rc6

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[Reference]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=f94b47c6bde624d6c07f43054087607c52054a95

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[Discoverer]
Jiasheng Jiang
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