CVE-2022-40768

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CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p21

Published

Sep 18, 2022 (Sep 18, 2022)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: linux fedoraproject debian
Products: linux kernel, fedora, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-908
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.3%)

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