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CVE-2022-48502

Public on 2023-05-31
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.2. The ntfs3 subsystem does not properly check for correctness during disk reads, leading to an out-of-bounds read in ntfs_set_ea in fs/ntfs3/xattr.c.

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-5.15 Extra kernel 2023-08-03 19:42 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-025
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-08-03 20:26 ALAS2023-2023-285
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-08-17 11:20 ALAS2023-2023-299

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.7 CVSSv3.1:AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-48502 Mitre: CVE-2022-48502 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity