CVE-2022-3170

high

Description

An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem. It could occur when the 'id->name' provided by the user did not end with '\0'. A privileged local user could pass a specially crafted name through ioctl() interface and crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ab55ec0a938c7f943a4edba3d6514f775983887

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5934d9a0383619c14df91af8fd76261dc3de2f5f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-09-13

Updated: 2022-12-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

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

Severity: High