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CVE-2022-39842 (GCVE-0-2022-39842)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-05 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 12:07 Disputed
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Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19. In pxa3xx_gcu_write in drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c, the count parameter has a type conflict of size_t versus int, causing an integer overflow and bypassing the size check. After that, because it is used as the third argument to copy_from_user(), a heap overflow may occur. NOTE: the original discoverer disputes that the overflow can actually happen.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
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