CVE-2022-0854

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200 CWE-401

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Kernel	Linux kernel 5.17-rc8

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c?h=v5.17-rc8&id=aa6f8dcbab473f3a3c7454b74caa46d36cdc5d13Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c?h=v5.17-rc8&id=aa6f8dcbab473f3a3c7454b74caa46d36cdc5d13Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 23, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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