CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-49289

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the access_ok() function on three architectures, where checking the end of a user access against the address limit does not account for possible integer overflow. Passing a negative length or another overflow returns success when it should not.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability may allow unauthorized access to kernel memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system crash.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that uses the most common correct implementation, optimizing for a constant 'size' argument and turning the common case into a single comparison.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uaccess: fix integer overflow on access_ok() Three architectures check the end of a user access against the address limit without taking a possible overflow into account. Passing a negative length or another overflow in here returns success when it should not. Use the most common correct implementation here, which optimizes for a constant 'size' argument, and turns the common case into a single comparison.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS