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CVE-2022-3202

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3202 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Journaled File System (JFS) within the Linux kernel, also affecting NetApp products. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), allows a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel information with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.9.311CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.276CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.238CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.189CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.10.111CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18610-16820Fixed in: 5.10.144.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18617-16823Fixed in: 5.15.67.1-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.144.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.10.144.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.67.1-4 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.67.1-4

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Sep/CVE-2022-3202Important

A NULL pointer dereference flaw in diFree in fs/jfs/inode.c in Journaled File System (JFS)in the Linux kernel. This could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel internal information.

Sep 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-3202Low

Kernel: jfs: Null Pointer Deference in jfs_evict_inode leads to Denial of Service

Mar 22, 2022

References

github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/a53046291020ec41e09181396c1e829287b48d47
Patch
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20221228-0007
Third Party Advisory