CVE-2022-24122

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 29 Jan 2022, 21:33
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 03:59

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.12% LOW
0% probability -0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Jan 2022, 21:33
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 03:59
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

kernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel 5.14 through 5.16.4, when unprivileged user namespaces are enabled, allows a use-after-free and privilege escalation because a ucounts object can outlive its namespace.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.12%• Percentile: 31%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-416•Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    34 | 35

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 5.14, < 5.15.19 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.5

  • netapp•h300e

    na

  • netapp•h300s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h410c_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h410s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h500e

    na

  • netapp•h500s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h700e

    na

  • netapp•h700s_firmware

    na

References (6)