Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.2-rc3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3355199
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed7 Mar 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Mar 2023

CVE-2022-3707  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-460  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.2-rc3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception such that the Intel GVT-g graphics driver triggers VGA card system resource overload, causing a fail in the intel_gvt_dma_map_guest_page function. This issue could allow a local user to crash the system.

CVSS Base Scores

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