CVE-2022-3303
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
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
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-3303
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3303.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 6.2-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.19.11-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.149-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.19.11-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.19.11-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.19.11-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.