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CVE-2022-40476
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-09-14T21:15:10.713 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:01:26.063

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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