CVE-2022-27666

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-27666
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-23 06:15:06 UTC
Updated2026-09-01 18:05:14 UTC
DescriptionA heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5127-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
March 2022 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
2061633 – (CVE-2022-0886) CVE-2022-0886 kernel: buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
esp: Fix possible buffer overflow in ESP transformation · torvalds/linux@ebe48d3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5173-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
MISC:https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.15 MITRE cdn.kernel.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159785 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9368)
  • 159786 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9366)
  • 159787 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9367)
  • 159788 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9365)
  • 159931 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-5249)
  • 159962 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-5316)
  • 179258 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5127-1)
  • 180605 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5173-1)
  • 182989 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-27666)
  • 198716 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerability (USN-5353-1)
  • 198721 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5358-1)
  • 198722 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerability (USN-5357-1)
  • 198726 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerability (USN-5357-2)
  • 198727 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5358-2)
  • 198731 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5368-1)
  • 198740 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (BlueField) Vulnerabilities (USN-5377-1)
  • 240383 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:4809)
  • 240390 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:4835)
  • 240392 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:4829)
  • 240487 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:5214)
  • 240494 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2022:5220)
  • 240495 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:5219)
  • 240499 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2022:5249)
  • 240524 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:5476)
  • 240527 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:5267)
  • 240528 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:5344)
  • 240531 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:5224)
  • 240534 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2022:5316)
  • 353215 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2022-1581
  • 353216 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2022-1774
  • 353237 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-025
  • 353238 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-013
  • 376925 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0125)
  • 377124 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0029)
  • 377181 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0022)
  • 610430 Google Android September 2022 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 610432 Google Pixel Android August 2022 Security Patch Missing
  • 6140115 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-mfvh-3cwr-cg4c)
  • 671734 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1791)
  • 671749 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1808)
  • 671804 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1844)
  • 671817 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1868)
  • 671870 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1934)
  • 752036 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1183-1)
  • 752039 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1196-1)
  • 752042 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1197-1)
  • 752048 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1266-1)
  • 752053 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1267-1)
  • 753103 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 16 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:1224-1)
  • 753173 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 4 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:1246-1)
  • 753193 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 26 for SLE 15) (SUSE-SU-2022:1230-1)
  • 753265 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 15) (SUSE-SU-2022:1261-1)
  • 753340 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 12 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:1223-1)
  • 753344 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 15 SP1) (SUSE-SU-2022:1172-1)
  • 753351 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 15 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:1269-1)
  • 753373 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1257-1)
  • 753392 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 26 for SLE 15 SP1) (SUSE-SU-2022:1212-1)
  • 753417 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1163-1)
  • 753418 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 28 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2022:1215-1)
  • 753427 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1407-1)
  • 753430 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 24 for SLE 15 SP1) (SUSE-SU-2022:1193-1)
  • 753442 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 18 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2022:1194-1)
  • 753447 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 25 for SLE 15) (SUSE-SU-2022:1248-1)
  • 900775 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9110)
  • 901358 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9110-1)
  • 901808 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9120-1)
  • 905390 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for hyperv-daemons (13222)
  • 905391 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for hyperv-daemons (13228)
  • 905522 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for hyperv-daemons (13228-1)
  • 905811 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9110-2)
  • 905891 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for hyperv-daemons (13222-2)
  • 906264 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for hyperv-daemons (13228-2)
  • 906303 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9120-2)
  • 906576 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for hyperv-daemons (13222-4)
  • 940589 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2022:5344)
  • 940593 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:5316)
  • 940618 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:5249)
  • 940638 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2022:5267)
  • 960258 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel-rt (RLSA-2022:5344)
  • 960418 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel (RLSA-2022:5316)

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