CVE-2022-2590
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-31 15:32
Modified
2024-08-03 00:39
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.16% (0.38447)
Summary
A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only shared memory mappings. This flaw allows an unprivileged, local user to gain write access to read-only memory mappings, increasing their privileges on the system.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220808073232.8808-1-david%40redhat.com/Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220808073232.8808-1-david%40redhat.com/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Linux kernel Version: Linux kernel 5.16 onwards
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