CVE-2022-50255 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's tracing subsystem, specifically related to synthetic events. It allows a local attacker to cause a denial-of-service (system crash) by crafting specific tracing commands that lead to an invalid memory access when reading strings from user-space addresses. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local privileges, with a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.10, < 5.15.75CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.16, < 5.19.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0, < 6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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