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

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-787"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "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

Last affected

09688c0166e76ce2fb85e86b9d99be8b0084cdf9

Database specific

{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "kernel 5.17 rc8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "kernel 5.17 rc8"
        }
    ],
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

kernel 5.*

kernel 5.17 rc8

v5.*

v5.17-rc8

Database specific

source

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