CVE-2022-50842

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel networking subsystem. Under certain conditions, a pointer may be dereferenced without proper validation, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference. An unprivileged local user could trigger this flaw by exercising the affected networking functionality, causing a kernel crash and resulting in a denial of service.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.