CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-3303

MediumCVSS 4.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.32%

23th percentile - higher than 23% of all known CVEs

Summary

A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem due to improper locking. It could lead to a NULL pointer dereference while handling the SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl. A privileged local user (root or member of the audio group) could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Risk Assessment

A privileged local user can cause a system crash, resulting in denial of service. This requires root privileges or audio group membership.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2022-3303. Restrict audio group membership to trusted users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem due to improper locking. It could lead to a NULL pointer dereference while handling the SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl. A privileged local user (root or member of the audio group) could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service condition

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS