CVE-2022-48855

A kernel information leak was found in SCTP sockets in the Linux Kernel, where uninitialized memory could be exposed to userspace. This issue occurs in the inet_sctp_diag_fill() function, which fails to initialize certain fields before sending data.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not vulnerable to this CVE, as it does not affect the versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.