CVE-2022-3170
Publication date 13 September 2022
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem. It could occur when the 'id->name' provided by the user did not end with '\0'. A privileged local user could pass a specially crafted name through ioctl() interface and crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| linux | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
| linux-aws | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
| linux-aws-5.0 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-aws-5.11 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-aws-5.13 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-aws-5.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-aws-5.3 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-aws-5.4 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-aws-5.8 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-aws-hwe | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-azure | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
| linux-azure-4.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-azure-5.11 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-azure-5.13 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-azure-5.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-azure-5.3 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-azure-5.4 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-azure-5.8 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-azure-edge | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-azure-fde | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-bluefield | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-dell300x | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-fips | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| linux-gcp | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gcp-4.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gcp-5.11 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gcp-5.13 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gcp-5.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gcp-5.3 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gcp-5.4 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gcp-5.8 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gke | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gke-4.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gke-5.0 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gke-5.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gke-5.3 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gke-5.4 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gkeop | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-gkeop-5.4 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-hwe | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-hwe-5.11 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-hwe-5.13 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-hwe-5.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-hwe-5.4 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-hwe-5.8 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-hwe-edge | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-ibm | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-ibm-5.4 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-intel-5.13 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-intel-iotg | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-kvm | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-lowlatency | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-lts-xenial | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
| linux-oem | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oem-5.10 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oem-5.13 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oem-5.14 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oem-5.17 | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oem-5.6 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oem-osp1 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oracle | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oracle-5.0 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oracle-5.11 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oracle-5.13 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oracle-5.3 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oracle-5.4 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-oracle-5.8 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-raspi | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-raspi-5.4 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-raspi2-5.3 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-riscv | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-riscv-5.11 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-riscv-5.8 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-snapdragon | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
| linux-raspi2 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Notes
Patch details
| Package | Patch details |
|---|---|
| linux |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.8 · High
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |