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CVE-2022-0168

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2022-08-26 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A denial of service (DOS) issue was found in the Linux kernel’s smb2_ioctl_query_info function in the fs/cifs/smb2ops.c Common Internet File System (CIFS) due to an incorrect return from the memdup_user function. This flaw allows a local, privileged (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) attacker to crash the system.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelRedhat Enterprise Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-476, CWE-476

References