Denial of service in Linux kernel TeleTYpe

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU66591

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1462

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the the Linux kernel’s TeleTYpe subsystem caused by a race condition when using ioctls TIOCSPTLCK and TIOCGPTPEER and TIOCSTI and TCXONC with leakage of memory file. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the system or read random kernel memory.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: All versions

External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2078466

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.