cve-2022-2959
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-25 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 00:53
Severity ?
Summary
A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's watch queue due to a missing lock in pipe_resize_ring(). The specific flaw exists within the handling of pipe buffers. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/189b0ddc245139af81198d1a3637cac74f96e13aPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0005/Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1165/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
n/akernel
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