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CVE-2022-26966

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.12. drivers/net/usb/sr9700.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from heap memory via crafted frame lengths from a device.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• Linux kernel: before 5.16.12 — fixed in 5.16.12
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• NetApp H300E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.16.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.10
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9da0b56fe27206b49f39805f7dcda8a89379062
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0001/
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.10
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9da0b56fe27206b49f39805f7dcda8a89379062
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0001/

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