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CVE-2022-40476

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2022-09-14 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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 Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References