CVE-2022-40768

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-40768
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-18 05:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 18:17:05 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

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.002920000 probability, percentile 0.202850000 (date 2026-10-14)

Problem Types: CWE-908 | n/a

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux Subsystem affected V1.1 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Linux kernel: information disclosure in stex_queuecommand_lck af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel: information disclosure in stex_queuecommand_lck af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH] scsi: stex: properly zero out the passthrough command structure - Greg Kroah-Hartman af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lore.kernel.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: kernel-5.19.15-101.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: kernel-5.19.15-201.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: kernel-5.19.15-301.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3245-1] linux security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: kernel-5.19.15-301.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: kernel-5.19.15-201.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: kernel-5.19.15-101.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[PATCH] scsi: stex: properly zero out the passthrough command structure - Greg Kroah-Hartman 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

  • 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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