CVE-2022-42895

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 48
Modified
Published: 23 Nov 2022, 14:11
Last modified:21 Apr 2025, 13:46

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.07% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Nov 2022, 14:11
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
21 Apr 2025, 13:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

There is an infoleak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_parse_conf_req function which can be used to leak kernel pointers remotely. We recommend upgrading past commit  https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e https://www.google.com/url

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.07%• Percentile: 22%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-824•Access of Uninitialized Pointer

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

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 3.0.0, ≤ b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e | na

References (2)