CVE-2022-47938
An issue was discovered in ksmbd in the Linux kernel 5.15 through 5.19 before 5.19.2. fs/ksmbd/smb2misc.c has an out-of-bounds read and OOPS for SMB2_TREE_CONNECT.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in ksmbd in the Linux kernel 5.15 through 5.19 before 5.19.2. fs/ksmbd/smb2misc.c has an out-of-bounds read and OOPS for SMB2_TREE_CONNECT.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 60.02% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 60.0% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/23/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=824d4f64c20093275f72fc8101394d75ff6a249eMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/824d4f64c20093275f72fc8101394d75ff6a249ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1689/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/23/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=824d4f64c20093275f72fc8101394d75ff6a249eMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/824d4f64c20093275f72fc8101394d75ff6a249ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1689/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.