ghsa-v2c8-m646-2q5c
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-01-05 18:30
Modified
2023-01-11 21:30
Details

A stack overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SYSCTL subsystem in how a user changes certain kernel parameters and variables. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-4378"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-120",
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-01-05T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-v2c8-m646-2q5c",
  "modified": "2023-01-11T21:30:41Z",
  "published": "2023-01-05T18:30:30Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4378"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2152548"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-6.0/proc-avoid-integer-type-confusion-in-get_proc_long.patch"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-6.0/proc-proc_skip_spaces-shouldn-t-think-it-is-working-on-c-strings.patch"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q4/178"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171289/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LNS-0092-1.html"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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