CVE-2022-0494 Information disclosure in kernel

What is CVE-2022-0494?

CVE-2022-0494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 25 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-908, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0494?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0494?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-0494 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-9240, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0494, GHSA-c6f2-mj5c-wfq2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0494.