CVE-2022-29968

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions through 5.17.5

Description An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel where the io rw init file function in fs/io uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private. This issue is related to errors in initialization and may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions through 5.17.5, update to a version newer than 5.17.5 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about other specific fixes for this issue.