Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_67-default package, versions <12-150200.2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.58% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELLIVEPATCH53182467DEFAULT-3265166
  • published16 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Apr 2022

Introduced: 14 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-22942  (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_67-default to version 12-150200.2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_67-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_67-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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