CVE-2022-50342 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's floppy disk driver. Specifically, it occurs when the floppy_alloc_disk() function fails during initialization, leading to unreferenced memory allocations for tag sets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could cause a denial of service (A:H) due to resource exhaustion. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.11, < 5.15.86CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.16, < 6.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.1, < 6.1.2CPE 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:N/I:N/A:H
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