CVE-2022-29968
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5. io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5. io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-02.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-05-02 04:00Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 06:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-05-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-909Missing Initialization of ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 718758755e3a9362920180e89c1706a6ec6fa4472733c94c224158171529f899
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/32452a3eb8b64e01e2be717f518c0be046975b9d
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-e9378a3573https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XA7UZ3HS73KXVYCIKN5ZDH7LLLGPUMOZ/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-a0f65397a3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TLWTG3TWIMLNQEVTA3ZQYVLLU2AJM3DY/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-fd85148be2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU7MT7BPTA2NG24BTLZF5ZWYTLSO7BU3/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0009/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 5.17.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 5.17.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 5.17.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure-edge No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-gke-4.15 No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-oem No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.3 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-intel-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-oem-5.10 No fix yet
- linux-oem-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-oem-5.6 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
- linux-riscv-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-riscv-5.8 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-oem-5.17 Fixed in 5.17.0-1011.12
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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