A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.50/5.18.7. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component xen-blkfront. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-49689. Access to the local network is required for this attack. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.