CVE-2022-24122

Summary

CVECVE-2022-24122
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-29 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-28 16:04:00 UTC
Descriptionkernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel 5.14 through 5.16.4, when unprivileged user namespaces are enabled, allows a use-after-free and privilege escalation because a ucounts object can outlive its namespace.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300e - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500e - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700e - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: kernel-tools-5.16.5-200.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: kernel-headers-5.16.5-100.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: kernel-tools-5.16.5-200.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: kernel-headers-5.16.5-100.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
ucount: Make get_ucount a safe get_user replacement · torvalds/linux@f9d8792 · GitHub MISC github.com
oss-security - Linux kernel: use-after-free of user namespace on shm and mqueue destruction MISC www.openwall.com
CVE-2022-24122 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183857 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-24122)
  • 198659 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5278-1)
  • 282337 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-57fd391bf8)
  • 282339 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-667a5c6e26)
  • 901887 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8451-1)
  • 906351 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8451-2)
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