Use After Free Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-7977985
- published 14 Sep 2024
- disclosed 27 Jan 2022
Introduced: 27 Jan 2022
CVE-2022-22942 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:0620.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
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