CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-0854

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2022-03-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-03-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-401

Description

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s DMA subsystem, in the way a user calls DMA_FROM_DEVICE. This flaw allows a local user to read random memory from the kernel space.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 5.16) • linux linux kernel 5.17 • debian debian linux 9.0 • debian debian linux 10.0 • debian debian linux 11.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References