CVE-2022-0494 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-0494

A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl...

Vulnerability Description

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.

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:
kernel 5.17 rc5

Timeline

Official Publish: March 25th, 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:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)