CVE-2022-0382 Information disclosure in kernel

What is CVE-2022-0382?

CVE-2022-0382 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An information leak flaw was found due to uninitialized memory in the Linux kernel's TIPC protocol subsystem, in the way a user sends a TIPC datagram to one or more destinations. This flaw allows a local user to read some kernel memory. This issue is limited to no more than 7 bytes, and the user cannot control what is read. This flaw affects the Linux kernel versions prior to 5.17-rc1.

Weakness: CWE-909

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0382?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0382?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-0382 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-8579, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0382, GHSA-4rw9-jwmq-4v5r, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0382.