CVE-2022-0494

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 21
Modified
Published: 25 Mar 2022, 18:03
Last modified:02 Aug 2024, 23:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.12% LOW
0% probability +0.10%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Mar 2022, 18:03
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
02 Aug 2024, 23:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.12%• Percentile: 31%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-908•Use of Uninitialized Resource

    The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 5.17 | 5.17 | 5.17:rc1 | 5.17:rc2 | 5.17:rc3 | 5.17:rc4

References (5)