High severity · published May 2, 2022
CVE-2022-29968
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5
7.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5. io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.16 before 5.17.6 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35; 36 · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SH
Solidfire & Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29968
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29968
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/32452a3eb8b64e01e2be717f518c0be046975b9d
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU7MT7BPTA2NG24BTLZF5ZWYTLSO7BU3/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TLWTG3TWIMLNQEVTA3ZQYVLLU2AJM3DY/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XA7UZ3HS73KXVYCIKN5ZDH7LLLGPUMOZ/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0009/
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