CVE-2022-3170 (GCVE-0-2022-3170)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-13 15:36 – Updated: 2024-08-03 01:00
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Summary
An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem. It could occur when the 'id->name' provided by the user did not end with '\0'. A privileged local user could pass a specially crafted name through ioctl() interface and crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: fixed in kernel 6.0-rc4
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