CVE-2022-50222
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Information Disclosure via vcs_read Buffer
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: vt: initialize unicode screen buffer syzbot reports kernel infoleak at vcs_read() [1], for buffer can be read immediately after resize operation. Initialize buffer using kzalloc(). ---------- #include <fcntl.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <linux/fb.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct fb_var_screeninfo var = { }; const int fb_fd = open("/dev/fb0", 3); ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &var); var.yres = 0x21; ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, &var); return read(open("/dev/vcsu", O_RDONLY), &var, sizeof(var)) == -1; } ----------
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
9.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (23)
linux/Kernel
4.19.0 - 4.19.256linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.211linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.61linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 5.18.18linux
linux/Kernel
5.19.0 - 5.19.2linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.137linux
Linux/Linux
< 4.19
Linux/Linux
4.19
Linux/Linux
4.19.256 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux
5.10.137 - 5.10.*
... and 13 more
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026