CVE-2022-41858: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur while a slip driver is in progress to detach in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip/slip.c. This issue could allow an attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.9.311 (fixed in 4.9.311); from 4.10, before 4.14.276 (fixed in 4.14.276); from 4.15, before 4.19.239 (fixed in 4.19.239); from 4.20, before 5.4.190 (fixed in 5.4.190); from 5.5.0, before 5.10.112 (fixed in 5.10.112); from 5.11, before 5.15.35 (fixed in 5.15.35); …
• Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller: version h300s only; version h410c only; version h410s only; version h500s only; version h700s only

Published 2023-01-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.