UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0995

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0995

    Published: 25 Mar 2022Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-0995
    Aliases:
    USN-7455-1
    USN-7455-2
    USN-7455-3

    Summary:

    Details: An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s watch_queue event notification subsystem. This flaw can overwrite parts of the kernel state, potentially allowing a local user to gain privileged access or cause a denial of service on the system.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0995, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93ce93587d36493f2f86921fa79921b3cba63fbb, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0995, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7455-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7455-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7455-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7459-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7460-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7455-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7459-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7455-5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7475-1, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    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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