CVE-2022-2959

high

Published 2023-01-23 · Modified 2023-01-24

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
rhel	9	fixed
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`5.18.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.120-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`5.18.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`5.18.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`5.18.2-1`
rocky	9	fixed
almalinux	9	fixed	`kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1.aarch64.rpm`

References

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

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