CVE-2022-40768

Summary

CVECVE-2022-40768
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-18 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:52:00 UTC
Descriptiondrivers/scsi/stex.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because stex_queuecommand_lck lacks a memset for the PASSTHRU_CMD case.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-908

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: kernel-5.19.15-201.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[PATCH] scsi: stex: properly zero out the passthrough command structure - Greg Kroah-Hartman MISC lore.kernel.org
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel: information disclosure in stex_queuecommand_lck MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3245-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: kernel-5.19.15-101.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: kernel-5.19.15-301.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: kernel-5.19.15-301.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Linux kernel: information disclosure in stex_queuecommand_lck MISC www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: kernel-5.19.15-201.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
[PATCH] scsi: stex: properly zero out the passthrough command structure - Greg Kroah-Hartman lore.kernel.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: kernel-5.19.15-101.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160345 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-10065)
  • 160353 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-10072)
  • 160355 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-10073)
  • 181219 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-40768)
  • 181565 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3245-1)
  • 198999 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5693-1)
  • 199029 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5728-1)
  • 199030 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5727-1)
  • 199031 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5729-1)
  • 199036 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (GCP) Vulnerabilities (USN-5727-2)
  • 199037 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5728-2)
  • 199038 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5729-2)
  • 199051 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (GCP) Vulnerabilities (USN-5728-3)
  • 199072 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5774-1)
  • 283201 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-2cfbe17910)
  • 283209 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-b948fc3cfb)
  • 283477 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-1a5b125ac6)
  • 354107 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-038
  • 354110 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-022
  • 354113 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-010
  • 354114 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2022-1876
  • 354251 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2022-1645
  • 377891 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0002)
  • 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)
  • 390269 Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2022-0031)
  • 6140029 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-jw9m-fq9g-prgw)
  • 6140316 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-jw9m-fq9g-prgw)
  • 672711 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1507)
  • 752724 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3775-1)
  • 752889 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3897-1)
  • 752911 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3998-1)
  • 752913 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4072-1)
  • 752944 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4273-1)
  • 752959 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4272-1)
  • 753038 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4573-1)
  • 753039 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4574-1)
  • 753051 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4589-1)
  • 753060 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4615-1)
  • 753063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1)
  • 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)
  • 904028 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10978)
  • 904032 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10985)
  • 904622 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10985-1)
  • 904725 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10978-1)
  • 905784 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10985-2)
  • 906307 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10978-2)
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