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CVE-2022-40768
published 2022-09-18

CVE-2022-40768: 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…

PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.28%
20.0th percentile
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.

Affected

20 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
linuxlinux_kernel<= 5.19.9
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.148-15.10.148-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-197.2084.15.0-197.208
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-132.1485.4.0-132.148
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-53.595.15.0-53.59
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-235.2694.4.0-235.269
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.82.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccm1_kernel_5.10.155.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
ubuntulinux-gcp-5.15
ubuntulinux-gke-5.15
ubuntulinux-intel-iotg
ubuntulinux-raspi

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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