CVE-2026-22978 — Missing Initialization of Resource in Linux
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 23
Latest updateApr 13
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point
struct iw_point has a 32bit hole on 64bit arches.
struct iw_point {
void __user *pointer; /* Pointer to the data (in user space) */
__u16 length; /* number of fields or size in bytes */
__u16 flags; /* Optional params */
};
Make sure to zero the structure to avoid disclosing 32bits of kernel data
to user space.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux87de87d5e47f94b4ea647a5bd1bc8dc1f7930db4 — d943b5f592767b107ba8c12a902f17431350378c+7
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
9OSV▶
linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-oracle-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-17