CVE-2022-40768

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 32
Modified
Published: 18 Sept 2022, 00:00
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 12:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.01% LOW
0% probability -0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Sept 2022, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 12:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

drivers/scsi/stex.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because stex_queuecommand_lck lacks a memset for the PASSTHRU_CMD case.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 3%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-908•Use of Uninitialized Resource

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

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    10.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    35 | 36 | 37

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 5.19.9

References (9)