CVE-2022-0168 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-0168

A denial of service (DOS) issue was found in the...

Vulnerability Description

A denial of service (DOS) issue was found in the Linux kernel’s smb2_ioctl_query_info function in the fs/cifs/smb2ops.c Common Internet File System (CIFS) due to an incorrect return from the memdup_user function. This flaw allows a local, privileged (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) attacker to crash the system.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
Affects v5.4–5.12, v5.13-rc+HEAD

Timeline

Official Publish: August 26th, 2022
Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)