Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-47946 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.10.x before 5.10.155. A use-after-free in io_sqpoll_wait_sq in fs/io_uring.c allows an attacker to crash the kernel, resulting in denial of service. finish_wait can be skipped. An attack can occur in some situations by forking a process and then quickly terminating it. NOTE: later kernel versions, such as the 5.15 longterm series, substantially changed the implementation of io_sqpoll_wait_sq.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/27/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/27/1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.10.161&id=0f544353fec8e717d37724d95b92538e1de79e86
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.10.161&id=0f544353fec8e717d37724d95b92538e1de79e86
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/22/2
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/22/2