5.5

CVE-2022-3111: linux linux_kernel NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-3111DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3111
Published 14-12-2022Last modified 22-04-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3111 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux linux_kernel. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 8
SUSE-SU-2023:0134-1SUSE-SU-2023:0146-1SUSE-SU-2023:0147-1SUSE-SU-2023:0149-1SUSE-SU-2023:0152-1USN-6001-1

Timeline

  1. 14-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. free_charger_irq() in drivers/power/supply/wm8350_power.c lacks free of WM8350_IRQ_CHG_FAST_RDY, which is registered in wm8350_init_charger().

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu76 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-239.273 | < 4.15.0-189.200 | < 5.4.0-117.132 | < 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1117.123 | < 4.4.0-1155.170 | < 4.15.0-1137.148 | < 5.4.0-1078.84 | < 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.17.3-1
Linux1 product
  • linux_kernelEOL< 5.16.0 | 5.16.0 | 5.16.0:rc1 | 5.16.0:rc2 | 5.16.0:rc3 | 5.16.0:rc4 | 5.16.0:rc5 | 5.16.0:rc6

3 vendors · 78 products

References

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