Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-25265 - Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel through 5.16.10, certain binary files may have the exec-all attribute if they were built in approximately 2003 (e.g., with GCC 3.2.2 and Linux kernel 2.4.20). This can cause execution of bytes located in supposedly non-executable regions of a file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/1c33bb0507508af24fd754dd7123bd8e997fab2f/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h#L281-L294
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/1c33bb0507508af24fd754dd7123bd8e997fab2f/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h#L281-L294
- https://github.com/x0reaxeax/exec-prot-bypass
- https://github.com/x0reaxeax/exec-prot-bypass
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0005/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0005/