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CVE-2022-40768

Public on 2022-09-18
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2022-12-01 17:33 ALAS-2022-1645
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2022-10-31 19:40 ALAS2-2022-1876
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-10-31 21:49 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-022
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2022-10-31 21:49 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-010
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-10-31 21:49 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-038

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N