SB2022092004 - Privilege escalation in Linux kernel VM_PFNMAP VMA
Published: September 20, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022092004
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39188)
The 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b67fbebd4cf980aecbcc750e1462128bffe8ae15
- https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CAG48ez3SEqOPcPCYGHVZv4iqEApujD5VtM3Re-tCKLDEFdEdbg@mail.gmail.com/
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b67fbebd4cf980aecbcc750e1462128bffe8ae15
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2329