CVE-2022-2991

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 25, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Aug 25, 2022

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Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel's LightNVM subsystem. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel. The attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system to exploit this vulnerability.

Scores

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kerneln/a
  • Fixed in kernel 5.15-rc1Affected

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