CVE-2022-0995

2022-03-2500:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

19.8%

JSON

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.

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	multiple individual commits from the merged branch

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-nvidia< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-gcp< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-aws< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-aws-5.15< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-azure< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-azure-5.15< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-azure-fde< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-azure-fde-5.15< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-bluefield< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-nvidia	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-gcp	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-aws	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-aws-5.15	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-azure	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-azure-5.15	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-azure-fde	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-azure-fde-5.15	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-bluefield	< any	UNKNOWN