#VU67478 Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-39188
Published: September 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67478
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39188
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- 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