CVE-2022-0995

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.

Database specific

{
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-787"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/0xxx/CVE-2022-0995.json"
}

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Events

Introduced

09688c0166e76ce2fb85e86b9d99be8b0084cdf9

Fixed

93ce93587d36493f2f86921fa79921b3cba63fbb

Database specific

Show details

{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "kernel 5.17 rc8"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "kernel 5.17 rc8"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
        },
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "93ce93587d36493f2f86921fa79921b3cba63fbb"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

kernel 5.*

kernel 5.17 rc8

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-0995.json"