CVE-2022-0168
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A denial of service (DOS) issue was found in the Linux kernel’s smb2_ioctl_query_info function in the fs/cifs/smb2ops.c Common Internet File System (CIFS) due to an incorrect return from the memdup_user function. This flaw allows a local, privileged (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) attacker to crash the system.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (23)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-1202Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2022-08-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (33)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7444cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7683cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7933cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8267cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0168cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2037386cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-0168/cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d6f5e358452479fa8a773b5c6ccc9e4ec5a20880cnnvd
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