CVE-2022-2959

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

25/08/2022

Last modified:

26/05/2023

Description

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel&#39;s watch queue due to a missing lock in pipe_resize_ring(). The specific flaw exists within the handling of pipe buffers. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.00 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.00

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.8 (including)	5.10.120 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.45 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	5.17.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.18 (including)	5.18.2 (excluding)

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CVE-2022-2959

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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