CVE-2022-0494 (GCVE-0-2022-0494)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-25 18:03 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:32
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Summary
A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a kernel Affected: kernel 5.17 rc5
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