Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49779

Vulnerability identifier: #VU108220

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49779

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the __unregister_kprobe_top() function in kernel/kprobes.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_167-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_167-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_41-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
ocfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-syms-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 5.15.80
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_167-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_167-default - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_41-debugsource - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.121.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.121.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.121.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.121.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.167.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55788ebbe8b365b4375bd56b4ba7db79d393a370
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd7caf0bdc5d0bae7cf9776b4d739fb09bd5ebb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b0007b28dd970176f2e297c06ae63eea2447127
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d606ae1abcc3eab5408e42444d789dc7def51b8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c49cc2c059b503e962c2f13a806c105f9b757df4
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.80

• Use-after-free in Linux kernel
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