Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2022-39188 |
CWE-ID | CWE-362 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | N/A |
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Linux kernel Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
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Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU67478
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39188
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within include/asm-generic/tlb.h in the Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and escalate privileges on the system.
Note, this only occurs in situations with VM_PFNMAP VMAs.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsLinux kernel: before 5.19
External linkshttp://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b67fbebd4cf980aecbcc750e1462128bffe8ae15
http://lore.kernel.org/stable/CAG48ez3SEqOPcPCYGHVZv4iqEApujD5VtM3Re-tCKLDEFdEdbg@mail.gmail.com/
http://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b67fbebd4cf980aecbcc750e1462128bffe8ae15
http://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2329
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.