CVE-2022-40768

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    CVE-2022-40768

    Published: 18 Sept 2022Last Modified: 21 Oct 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6022f210461fef67e6e676fd8544ca02d1bcfa7a, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c, https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908145154.2284098-1-gregkh%40linuxfoundation.org/, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40768.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40768, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/19/1, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6022f210461fef67e6e676fd8544ca02d1bcfa7a

    Affected versions

    v6.0-rc1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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