CVE-2022-24959 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. There is a memory leak in yam_siocdevprivate in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/29eb31542787e1019208a2e1047bb7c76c069536 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5092

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5