VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-3303

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-09-27
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-667
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Primary references