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CVE-2022-3169 (GCVE-0-2022-3169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 01:00
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A denial of service flaw may occur if there is a consecutive request of the NVME_IOCTL_RESET and the NVME_IOCTL_SUBSYS_RESET through the device file of the driver, resulting in a PCIe link disconnect.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Kernel Affected: 4.19
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