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CVE-2022-2938

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Pressure Stall Information. While the feature is disabled by default, it could…

High7.8EPSS 0.28%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Pressure Stall Information. While the feature is disabled by default, it could allow an attacker to crash the system or have other memory-corruption side effects.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-2938, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • kernel

    • affected kernel 5.17

References (2)

Sources

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