Advisory severityMedium5.5Vendor: LowRed Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2022-3104] issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2022-3104.

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CVE-2022-3104 Source published Dec 14, 2022Source updated Dec 13, 2022

VulniPulse record published Oct 14, 2026

CVE-2022-3104

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat LinuxUnclassified

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Summary

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. lkdtm_ARRAY_BOUNDS in drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c lacks check of the return value of kmalloc() and will cause the null pointer dereference. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-476. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 as not affected.

Affected versions

5.16

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Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.

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Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

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