CVE-2022-49948
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: Clear selection before changing the font When changing the console font with ioctl(KDFONTOP) the new font size can be bigger than the previous font. A previous selection may thus now be outside of the new screen size and thus trigger out-of-bounds accesses to graphics memory if the selection is removed in vc_do_resize(). Prevent such out-of-memory accesses by dropping the selection before the various con_font_set() console handlers are called.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds read
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 4.9.328
- Linux Kernel < 4.14.293
- Linux Kernel < 4.19.258
- Linux Kernel < 5.4.213
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.142
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.66
- Linux Kernel < 5.19.8
- Linux Kernel 6.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cf1930369c9dc428d827b60260c53271bff3285
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2535431ae967ad17585513649625fea7db28d4db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/566f9c9f89337792070b5a6062dff448b3e7977f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/989201bb8c00b222235aff04e6200230d29dc7bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c555cf04684fde39b5b0dd9fd80730030ee10c4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c904fe03c4bd1f356a58797d39e2a5d0ca15cefc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9ba4611ddf676194385506222cce7b0844e708e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f74b4a41c5d7c9522469917e3072e55d435efd9e
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cf1930369c9dc428d827b60260c53271bff3285
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2535431ae967ad17585513649625fea7db28d4db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/566f9c9f89337792070b5a6062dff448b3e7977f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/989201bb8c00b222235aff04e6200230d29dc7bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c555cf04684fde39b5b0dd9fd80730030ee10c4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c904fe03c4bd1f356a58797d39e2a5d0ca15cefc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9ba4611ddf676194385506222cce7b0844e708e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f74b4a41c5d7c9522469917e3072e55d435efd9e