CVE-2022-3303
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.7 Medium
- Published
- Sep 27, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 26, 2022
Description
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
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.7 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-667 >CWE-362->CWE-476
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Linux kerneln/a |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8423f0b6d513b259fdab9c9bf4aaa6188d054c2d
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAFcO6XN7JDM4xSXGhtusQfS2mSBcx50VJKwQpCq=WeLt57aaZA%40mail.gmail.com/
- DSA-5257vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221101 [SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security updatemailing-list
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
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