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CVE-2022-0850 (GCVE-0-2022-0850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-29 14:03 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:40
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability was found in linux kernel, where an information leak occurs via ext4_extent_header to userspace.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-200 - - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: Fixed in kernel v5.14 rc1
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