VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-0854

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s DMA subsystem, in the way a user calls DMA_FROM_DEVICE. This flaw allows a local user to read random memory from the kernel space.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-200
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Primary references