Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,v5.17)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2764991
  • published15 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Mar 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-1353  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version v5.17 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure via the pfkey_register in net/key/af_key.c, which makes it possible for a local unprivileged user may gain access to kernel memory, leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information.

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