What is CVE-2022-42895?

CVE-2022-42895 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, classified as a Access of Uninitialized Pointer flaw (CWE-824), affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.0.0 onward. CVE-2022-42895 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-42895?

CVE-2022-42895 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-42895?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2022-42895 patch availability.

Is CVE-2022-42895 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-42895 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/824.html

CVE-2022-42895

Medium

There is an infoleak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_parse_conf_req function which can be used to leak kernel pointers remotely. We recommend upgrading past commit https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e https://www.google.com/url

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-11-23

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Not yet patched

CVSS 3.1 score

6.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-824

CVE-2022-42895 is a Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability

What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.0.0 and later are affected. No fixed version recorded yet.

Affected from

≥ 3.0.0

References

2 total

GitHub
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e

Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel
https://kernel.dance/#b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e

Patch Third Party Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-42895

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-11-23

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch

Not yet patched

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42895?

CVE-2022-42895 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10 , classified as an Access of Uninitialized Pointer flaw (CWE-824) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.0.0 onward . CVE-2022-42895 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-42895?

CVE-2022-42895 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-42895?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2022-42895 patch availability.
Is CVE-2022-42895 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-42895 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.