CVE-2022-4842

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

A flaw NULL Pointer Dereference in the Linux kernel NTFS3 driver function attr_punch_hole() was found. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 6.2-rc1

References

https://lore.kernel.org/ntfs3/784f82c4-de71-b8c3-afd6-468869a369af%40paragon-software.com/T/#t
https://lore.kernel.org/ntfs3/784f82c4-de71-b8c3-afd6-468869a369af%40paragon-software.com/T/#t

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