A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality.
CVE-2022-0494
Score 4.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-03-26. NVD baseline CVSS 4.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.4
- EG Score
- 4.4(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 34.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 25, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2039448
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- secalert@redhathttps://lore.kernel.org/all/20220216084038.15635-1-tcs.kernel%40gmail.com/
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2039448
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220216084038.15635-1-tcs.kernel%40gmail.com/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-0494(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(14)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-tools-azure-fde (5.4.0.1089.94+cvm1.29) @ focal | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-4.4.0-239-lowlatency (4.4.0-239.273) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-4.4.0-1155-aws (4.4.0-1155.170) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-oem-5.14-tools-5.14.0-1033 (5.14.0-1033.36) @ focal | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-4.15.0-191-generic-lpae (4.15.0-191.202) @ bionic | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-aws-hwe (4.15.0.1139.126) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-ibm-edge (5.4.0.1031.45) @ bionic | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-4.4.0-1117-aws (4.4.0-1117.123) @ trusty | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6 | 2022-10-25 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-372.32.1.rt7.189.el8_6 | 2022-10-25 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-305.62.1.el8_4 | 2022-08-31 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-305.62.1.rt7.134.el8_4 | 2022-08-30 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0 | 2022-08-09 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-70.22.1.rt21.94.el9_0 | 2022-08-09 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(13)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-04942022-04-08
A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality.
- Red HatRHSA-2022:6002MODERATE2022-02-16
RHSA-2022:6002 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:6243MODERATE2022-02-16
RHSA-2022:6243 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:6248MODERATE2022-02-16
RHSA-2022:6248 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:7134MODERATE2022-02-16
RHSA-2022:7134 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-5381-1LOW
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5560-1LOW
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5560-2LOW
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5562-1LOW
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5582-1LOW
Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6001-1LOW
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6013-1LOW
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6014-1LOW
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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- 2026-05-26 01:02 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-26 01:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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