CVE-2022-40768 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Severity

55%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

60%

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 3.1 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 2 years ago

2022-09-18 05:15:00

Last updated 2 years ago

2022-12-24 01:15:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1

https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

[oss-security] 20220919 Re: Linux kernel: information disclosure in stex_queuecommand_lck

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c

Vendor Advisory

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory

[oss-security] 20220919 Re: Linux kernel: information disclosure in stex_queuecommand_lck

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2022-2cfbe17910

FEDORA-2022-b948fc3cfb

FEDORA-2022-1a5b125ac6

FEDORA-2022-2cfbe17910

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2022-b948fc3cfb

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2022-1a5b125ac6

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20221223 [SECURITY] [DLA 3245-1] linux security update

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