CVE-2022-42895 (GCVE-0-2022-42895)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-23 14:11 – Updated: 2026-10-14 18:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Info Leak in l2cap_core in the Linux Kernel
Summary
There is an infoleak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_parse_conf_req function which can be used to leak kernel pointers remotely.
We recommend upgrading past commit https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e https://www.google.com/url
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-21 13:36 UTC
CWE
- CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel |
Affected:
3.0.0 , ≤ b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem |
Affected:
0 , < V1.1
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2022-11-02 23:00
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