Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-29968

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.17.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29968
Debian:13linux5.17.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29968
Debian:14linux5.17.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29968
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.175.17.0-1011.12USN-5471-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.175.17.0-1011.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29968

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References