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CVE-2022-0494
A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.42%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
kernel
- affected kernel 5.17 rc5
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2039448 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220216084038.15635-1-tcs.kernel%40gmail.com/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-5161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220701 [SECURITY] [DLA 3065-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-5173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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