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CVE-2022-3303 (GCVE-0-2022-3303)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-21 15:31
VLAI
Summary
A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem due to improper locking. It could lead to a NULL pointer dereference while handling the SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl. A privileged local user (root or member of the audio group) could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service condition
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-21 15:31 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Linux kernel Affected: Fixed in kernel 6.0-rc5
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