CVE-2022-40768: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 35 only; version 36 only; version 37 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 5.19.9

Published 2022-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.