UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4842

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4842

    Published: 12 Jan 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-4842
    Aliases:
    USN-5978-1
    USN-6025-1
    USN-6040-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4842, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5978-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6025-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6040-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6057-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6079-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6091-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6096-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6134-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6206-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6235-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4842

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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