CVE-2022-40768

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

0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 20.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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.

Published

2022-09-18 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 12:28Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-09-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-908Use of Uninitialized ResourceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

90578a2325c21ecd92d45d18008f7f8791b088526a38eaa9bdd2e7afa5f316fd

• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1
• lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908145154.2284098-1-gregkh%40linuxfoundation.org/
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220919 Re: Linux kernel: information disclosure in stex_queuecommand_lckhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/19/1mailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-2cfbe17910https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-b948fc3cfbhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-1a5b125ac6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221223 [SECURITY] [DLA 3245-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.htmlmailing-list
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6022f210461fef67e6e676fd8544ca02d1bcfa7a