CVE-2022-4696

Published at:
2023-01-11T13:15:09.307

Global infos:

There exists a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through io_uring and the IORING_OP_SPLICE operation. If IORING_OP_SPLICE is missing the IO_WQ_WORK_FILES flag, which signals that the operation won't use current->nsproxy, so its reference counter is not increased. This assumption is not always true as calling io_splice on specific files will call the get_uts function which will use current->nsproxy leading to invalidly decreasing its reference counter later causing the use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading to version 5.10.160 or above

CVE Status: Modified

References:

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  • Metrics:

    AttributeValue
    Attack ComplexityLOW
    Attack VectorLOCAL
    Availability ImpactHIGH
    Base Score7.8
    Base SeverityHIGH
    Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
    Integrity ImpactHIGH
    Privileges RequiredLOW
    ScopeUNCHANGED
    User InteractionNONE
    Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Exploitability Score1.8
    Impact Score5.9
    Source[email protected]
    TypeSecondary

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