CVE-2022-2938
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 23, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:42 AM UTC
14 products affected across 4 vendorsLinux KernelFedoraEnterprise Linux
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Pressure Stall Information. While the feature is disabled by default, it could allow an attacker to crash the system or have other memory-corruption side effects.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.195.16 ≤ v < 5.16.55.2 ≤ v < 5.4.1775.5 ≤ v < 5.10.97
Affected range stops below 5.10.97, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.15.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.16.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.4.177, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a06247c6804f1a7c86a2e5398a4c1f1db1471848Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0002/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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