CVE-2022-3303

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-3303
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-27 23:15:15 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 14:17:23 UTC
DescriptionA race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem due to improper locking. It could lead to a NULL pointer dereference while handling the SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl. A privileged local user (root or member of the audio group) could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service condition

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.7 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-667 | CWE-362 | CWE-667 CWE-667->CWE-362->CWE-476

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary4.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED4.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary4.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Linux Kernel affected Fixed in kernel 6.0-rc5 Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux Subsystem affected V1.1 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5257-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
A new null-ptr-deref Write bug in snd_pcm_format_set_silence - butt3rflyh4ck af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lore.kernel.org
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
A new null-ptr-deref Write bug in snd_pcm_format_set_silence - butt3rflyh4ck MITRE lore.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160458 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12117)
  • 160461 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2023-12118)
  • 181145 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5257-1)
  • 181190 Debian Security Update for linux-5.10 (DLA 3173-1)
  • 183043 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-3303)
  • 199087 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5792-1)
  • 199088 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5791-1)
  • 199089 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5793-1)
  • 199091 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5791-2)
  • 199094 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5792-2)
  • 199096 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5793-2)
  • 199098 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (IBM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5793-4)
  • 199099 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5793-3)
  • 199100 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5791-3)
  • 199119 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (BlueField) Vulnerabilities (USN-5815-1)
  • 199179 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (GKE) Vulnerabilities (USN-5877-1)
  • 199334 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-6071-1)
  • 199560 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (AWS) Vulnerabilities (USN-6001-1)
  • 199568 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (AWS) Vulnerabilities (USN-6013-1)
  • 199577 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6014-1)
  • 199615 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6252-1)
  • 354082 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-008
  • 354098 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-037
  • 354439 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2022-2022-150
  • 354468 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2022-2022-185
  • 354542 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2022-185
  • 355199 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2023-2023-070
  • 378468 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-20230042)
  • 378512 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0042)
  • 6140417 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-gj29-w9m9-pj7h)
  • 672454 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2848)
  • 672474 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2823)
  • 672495 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1012)
  • 672516 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1037)
  • 752668 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3586-1)
  • 752669 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3587-1)
  • 752671 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3584-1)
  • 752700 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3688-1)
  • 752702 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3693-1)
  • 752708 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3704-1)
  • 752724 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3775-1)
  • 752750 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3844-1)
  • 753063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1)
  • 753095 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3585-1)
  • 753370 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3609-1)
  • 753374 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3809-1)
  • 753703 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 753707 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 753727 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 904064 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11054)
  • 904067 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11048)
  • 904258 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11048-1)
  • 904382 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11054-1)
  • 905808 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11054-2)
  • 906308 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11048-2)

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