CVE-2022-40768
drivers/scsi/stex.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because stex_queuecommand_lck lacks a memset for the PASSTHRU_CMD case.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2022-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Weaknesses
- CWE-908
Affected products
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Fedora (Fedoraproject)
- Linux Kernel (Linux)
- Simatic S7-1500 Tm Mfp - Gnulinux Subsystem (Siemens)
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908145154.2284098-1-gregkh%40linuxfoundation.org/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/19/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJN…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7A…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT4…
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6022f210461fef67e6e676fd8544ca02d1bcfa7a
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html