Uninitialized private data vulnerability in io_rw_init_file function in Linux kernel

Uninitialized private data vulnerability in io_rw_init_file function in Linux kernel

CVE-2022-29968 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.17.5. io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private.

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