CVE-2022-40768

Description

drivers/scsi/stex.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because stex_queuecommand_lck lacks a memset for the PASSTHRU_CMD case.

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1

https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/19/1

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html

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