CVE-2022-3170

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    CVE-2022-3170

    Published: 13 Sept 2022Last Modified: 21 Oct 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem. It could occur when the 'id->name' provided by the user did not end with '\0'. A privileged local user could pass a specially crafted name through ioctl() interface and crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/3xxx/CVE-2022-3170.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3170, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5934d9a0383619c14df91af8fd76261dc3de2f5f, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ab55ec0a938c7f943a4edba3d6514f775983887

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 7e18e42e4b280c85b76967a9106a13ca61c16179
    Fixed -6ab55ec0a938c7f943a4edba3d6514f775983887

    Affected versions

    fixed in kernel 6.0-rc4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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