CVE-2022-29968
High
CVE-2022-29968
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5. io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private.
Exploit probability
1.1%
Published
May 2, 2022
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 11, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
721 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-29968
View original source
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5. io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/32452a3eb8b64e01e2be717f518c0be046975b9d
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU7MT7BPTA2NG24BTLZF5ZWYTLSO7BU3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TLWTG3TWIMLNQEVTA3ZQYVLLU2AJM3DY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XA7UZ3HS73KXVYCIKN5ZDH7LLLGPUMOZ/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0009/