CVE-2022-29968: fedoraproject fedora Missing Initialization of Resource
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-29968 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Missing Initialization of Resource vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 02-05-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5. io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.06%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
65%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.06% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu32 products
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-azureAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.17.6-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL34 | 35 | 36
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 5.17.6
5 vendors · 41 products
References
11 links- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/32452a3eb8b64e01e2be717f518c0be046975b9dX Refsource MISCREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
