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Debian: CVE-2022-40768: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-40768: linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/18/2022
Created
12/24/2022
Added
12/23/2022
Modified
12/23/2022

Description

drivers/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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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