Medium severity · published Mar 12, 2022
CVE-2022-26966
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.12
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.12. drivers/net/usb/sr9700.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from heap memory via crafted frame lengths from a device.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 5.16.12 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
HF
H300e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26966
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26966
Mailing List
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.10
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9da0b56fe27206b49f39805f7dcda8a89379062
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0001/
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