Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2993232
  • published26 Aug 2022
  • disclosed26 Aug 2022
  • creditLucas Leong of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Introduced: 26 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2991  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution due to improper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed length.

Note: The attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system to exploit this vulnerability.

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