Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_111-default package, versions <2-150100.2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.56% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELLIVEPATCH41214150100197111DEFAULT-2813655
  • published11 May 2022
  • disclosed10 May 2022

Introduced: 10 May 2022

CVE-2022-22942  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_111-default to version 2-150100.2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_111-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_111-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1