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high 7.8

CVE-2022-0998 json

An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s virtio device driver code in the way a user triggers the vhost_vdpa_config_validat…

published 2022-03-30 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15991

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s virtio device driver code in the way a user triggers the vhost_vdpa_config_validate function. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.10.88, 5.15.11
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.15.15-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0998

  • linux-aws-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1019.21~20.04.1
  • linux-gcp-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1021.25~20.04.1
  • linux-hwe-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-37.42~20.04.1
  • linux-oem-5.14 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.14.0-1022.24
  • linux-azure-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1021.24~20.04.1
  • linux-oracle-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1025.30~20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0998

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.37.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-9242

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-0998 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: an integer overflow in the vhost_vdpa_config_validate() can lead to out-of-bounds access on top of a 32-bit Linux kernel

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a Kernel

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
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References

Sources

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