CVE-2022-3303

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

27/09/2022

Last modified:

21/05/2025

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

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

4.70

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		6.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		6.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

CVE-2022-3303

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools