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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-0617

A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UDF file system functionality was found in the way user triggers udf_file_write_iter function for the malicious UDF image. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system. Actual from Linux kernel 4.2-rc1 till 5.17-rc2.

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CVE-2022-0617
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3 Nov 2026, 05:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-0617

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Feb 2022, 16:38 UTC

A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UDF file system functionality was found in the way user triggers udf_file_write_iter function for the malicious UDF image. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system. Actual from Linux kernel 4.2-rc1 till 5.17-rc2.

osv:CVE-2022-0617
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0617",
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    "summary": "A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UDF file system functionality was found in the way user triggers udf_file_write_iter function for the malicious UDF image. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system. Actual from Linux kernel 4.2-rc1 till 5.17-rc2.",
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        "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ea8569194b43f0f01f0a84c689388542c7254a1f",
        "https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220114172329.ygzry5rlz64ua2nr%40quack3.lan/T/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/0xxx/CVE-2022-0617.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0617",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5095",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492826,
  "published_at": "2022-02-16T16:38:03+00:00"
}