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.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-909

Published

2022-05-02

Modified

2026-10-02

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• fedoraproject:fedora
• linux:linux_kernel
• netapp:h300s_firmware
• netapp:h410c_firmware
• netapp:h410s_firmware
• netapp:h500s_firmware
• netapp:h700s_firmware
• netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node

References

• 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/

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