CVE-2022-29968 (GCVE-0-2022-29968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-02 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 06:40
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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