Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.el8_10
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-2356414
- published 22 Jan 2022
- disclosed 14 Jan 2022
Introduced: 14 Jan 2022
CVE-2022-23222 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3138.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23222
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FCR3LIRUEXR7CA63W5M2HT3K63MZGKBR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z5VTIZZUPC73IEJNZX66BY2YCBRZAELB/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/18/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/04/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/07/3
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194765
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=64620e0a1e712a778095bd35cbb277dc2259281f
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FCR3LIRUEXR7CA63W5M2HT3K63MZGKBR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z5VTIZZUPC73IEJNZX66BY2YCBRZAELB/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/13/1
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