CVE-2022-49058
Global infos:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks Smatch printed a warning: arch/x86/crypto/poly1305_glue.c:198 poly1305_update_arch() error: __memcpy() 'dctx->buf' too small (16 vs u32max) It's caused because Smatch marks 'link_len' as untrusted since it comes from sscanf(). Add a check to ensure that 'link_len' is not larger than the size of the 'link_str' buffer.
CVE Status: Analyzed
References:
Metrics:
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Attack Complexity | LOW |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Availability Impact | HIGH |
| Base Score | 7.8 |
| Base Severity | HIGH |
| Confidentiality Impact | HIGH |
| Integrity Impact | HIGH |
| Privileges Required | LOW |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| User Interaction | NONE |
| Vector String | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Exploitability Score | 1.8 |
| Impact Score | 5.9 |
| Source | [email protected] |
| Type | Primary |