Incorrect Authorization The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel-tools-libs  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-9433945
  • published15 Mar 2025
  • disclosed5 Dec 2022

Introduced: 5 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-20572  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs package as distributed by RHEL.

In verity_target of dm-verity-target.c, there is a possible way to modify read-only files due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-234475629References: Upstream kernel