CVE-2022-3169 is a denial-of-service flaw in the Linux kernel, affecting various Debian and Fedora distributions. An authenticated local attacker can trigger a PCIe link disconnect by sending consecutive NVME_IOCTL_RESET and NVME_IOCTL_SUBSYS_RESET requests to the NVMe driver. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no confidentiality or integrity impact, but a high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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