CVE-2022-0494

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.17 - Authenticated Information Disclosure in SCSI IOCTL

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2039448
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200 CWE-908
Status published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/linux_kernel 5.17 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel < 5.17
Published Mar 25, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026