CVE-2022-3303

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.0 - Denial of Service via SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC Ioctl Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem due to improper locking. It could lead to a NULL pointer dereference while handling the SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl. A privileged local user (root or member of the audio group) could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service condition

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-667 CWE-362
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/linux_kernel 6.0 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel < 6.0
Published Sep 27, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026