SB2022030910 - Denial of service in Linux kernel UDF implementation
Published: March 9, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022030910
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0617)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the Linux kernel UDF file system functionality. A local user can supply a malicious UDF image to the udf_file_write_iter() function and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ea8569194b43f0f01f0a84c689388542c7254a1f
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220114172329.ygzry5rlz64ua2nr@quack3.lan/T/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7fc3b7c2981bbd1047916ade327beccb90994eee