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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2022-29968 EUVD-2022-34275GHSA-p7mv-crf9-43g9

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5. io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private.

Published May 2, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5. io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.17.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.17.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.17.6-1 —

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-5.17 5.17.0-1011.12 USN-5471-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv +17 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 5.17.5-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:12053-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.37.1-2 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • jprx/CVE-2022-29968 ★ 19 · Apr 19, 2022

    Exploit PoC for CVE-2022-29968 by Joseph Ravichandran and Michael Wang

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 3

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