CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-2959
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-08-25
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362, CWE-667
Description
A race condition was found in the Linux kernel'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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.8 < 5.10.120)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.45)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 5.17.13)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.18 < 5.18.2)
Related
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/189b0ddc245139af81198d1a3637cac74f96e13a Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0005/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1165/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/189b0ddc245139af81198d1a3637cac74f96e13a Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0005/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1165/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html cert-portal.siemens.com