drivers/scsi/stex.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because stex_queuecommand_lck lacks a memset for the PASSTHRU_CMD case.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/19/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/19/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linux, fedoraproject, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 18:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 5
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/19/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6022f210461fef67e6e676fd8544ca02d1bcfa7a
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908145154.2284098-1-gregkh%40linuxfoundation.org/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/19/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6022f210461fef67e6e676fd8544ca02d1bcfa7a
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908145154.2284098-1-gregkh%40linuxfoundation.org/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html