ghsa-v2c8-m646-2q5c
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-01-05 18:30
Modified
2023-01-11 21:30
Details

A stack overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SYSCTL subsystem in how a user changes certain kernel parameters and variables. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

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   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2022-4378",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-120",
         "CWE-787",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2023-01-05T16:15:00Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
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   id: "GHSA-v2c8-m646-2q5c",
   modified: "2023-01-11T21:30:41Z",
   published: "2023-01-05T18:30:30Z",
   references: [
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         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4378",
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         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2152548",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-6.0/proc-avoid-integer-type-confusion-in-get_proc_long.patch",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-6.0/proc-proc_skip_spaces-shouldn-t-think-it-is-working-on-c-strings.patch",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q4/178",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171289/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LNS-0092-1.html",
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         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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