What is CVE-2022-21385?

CVE-2022-21385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Linux. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2022-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-21385?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Linux

CVE-2022-21385

A flaw in net_rds_alloc_sgs() in Oracle Linux kernels allows unprivileged local users to crash the machine. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.2 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Published 2022-08-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-21385?: CVE-2022-21385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Linux. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2022-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-21385?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.