Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_107-default package, versions <12-150200.2.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELLIVEPATCH531824107DEFAULT-3263912
  • published29 Sept 2022
  • disclosed27 Sept 2022

Introduced: 27 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-1652  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_107-default to version 12-150200.2.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_107-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_107-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a concurrency use-after-free flaw in the bad_flp_intr function. By executing a specially-crafted program, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.

CVSS Scores

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