CVE-2022-23222

Public on 2022-01-14
Modified on 2024-03-09
Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.14 allows local users to gain privileges because of the availability of pointer arithmetic via certain *_OR_NULL pointer types.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-06-04 00:05 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-014
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2023-06-29 23:20 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-023
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2022-06-06 17:58 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-001
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-02-17 20:46 ALAS2023-2023-070

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H