CVE-2022-20572

medium
Published 2022-11-15 · Modified 2022-11-15
CVSS v3
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In verity_target of dm-verity-target.c, there is a possible way to modify read-only files due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-234475629References: Upstream kernel

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.18.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.120-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.18.2-1
debian debiansidfixed5.18.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.18.2-1

References

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.