SB2022122141 - Privilege escalation in Linux kernel Kid-friendly Wired Controller driver
Published: December 21, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022122141
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) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3577)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the bigben_probe() function in drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c within the Kid-friendly Wired Controller driver in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=945a9a8e448b65bec055d37eba58f711b39f66f0
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fc4ef9d5724973193bfa5ebed181dba6de3a56db
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git/commit/?h=char-misc-next&id=9d64d2405f7d30d49818f6682acd0392348f0fdb