CVE-2022-23222

high

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.14 allows local users to gain privileges because of the availability of pointer arithmetic via certain *_OR_NULL pointer types.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/13/1

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0002/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z5VTIZZUPC73IEJNZX66BY2YCBRZAELB/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FCR3LIRUEXR7CA63W5M2HT3K63MZGKBR/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/07/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/04/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/01/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/14/1

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=64620e0a1e712a778095bd35cbb277dc2259281f

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194765

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/18/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-01-14

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H