CVE-2022-49178: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memstick/mspro_block: fix handling of read-only devices Use set_disk_ro to propagate the read-only state to the block layer instead of checking for it in ->open and leaking a reference in case of a read-only device.
CVE-2022-49178CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2022-49178: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memstick/mspro_block: fix handling of read-only devices Use set_disk_ro to propagate the read-only state to the block layer instead of checking for it in ->open and leaking a reference in case of a read-only device.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
16.41%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memstick/mspro_block: fix handling of read-only devices Use set_disk_ro to propagate the read-only state to the block layer instead of checking for it in ->open and leaking a reference in case of a read-only device.

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