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linux — security advisory
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.
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.16.7-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-2938
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2938
linux
Fixed versions: 5.16.7-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.16.7-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.16.7-1
Complete source record
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