CVE-2022-42432

At a glance

Severity
MEDIUM 5.1
EPSS
EPSS 0.67 % · percentile 52 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
zdi
NVD status
Modified

Description

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of the Linux Kernel 6.0-rc2. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the nft_osf_eval function. The issue results from the lack of proper initialization of memory prior to accessing it. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel. Was ZDI-CAN-18540.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.1CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Lzdi
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.1CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:LNVD · zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Kernelaffected 6.0-rc2

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD