CVE-2022-3170

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3170

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-3170.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-3170

Downstream

Published

2022-09-13T15:36:36Z

Modified

2026-10-28T10:25:15Z

Summary

[none]

Details

An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem. It could occur when the 'id->name' provided by the user did not end with '\0'. A privileged local user could pass a specially crafted name through ioctl() interface and crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Database specific

{
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-125"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/3xxx/CVE-2022-3170.json"
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/torvalds/linux

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/torvalds/linux

Events

Introduced

7e18e42e4b280c85b76967a9106a13ca61c16179

Fixed

6ab55ec0a938c7f943a4edba3d6514f775983887

Fixed

5934d9a0383619c14df91af8fd76261dc3de2f5f

Database specific

Show details

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                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "fixed in kernel 6.0-rc4"
                }
            ],
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            "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
        },
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                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        },
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "5934d9a0383619c14df91af8fd76261dc3de2f5f"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

fixed in kernel 6.*

fixed in kernel 6.0-rc4

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-3170.json"

vanir_signatures

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vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-10-28T10:25:15Z"