Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50224

Vulnerability identifier: #VU111670

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50224

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the c_start() function in arch/loongarch/kernel/proc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
openEuler
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.19.2, 6.0
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-273.0.0.175, 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-273.0.0.176
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-273.0.0.176

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6271f2854b9233702e236e576b885a876dde4889
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c6ab524cfae0799e55c82b2c1d61f1af0156f8d
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0

• Resource management error in Linux kernel loongarch kernel
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for kernel