CVE-2022-0494
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 5.17 - Authenticated Information Disclosure in SCSI IOCTL
Title source: llmDescription
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
Mailing List x_refsource_misc
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220216084038.15635-1-tcs.kernel%40gmail.com/
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