CVE-2022-3170

Summary

CVECVE-2022-3170
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-13 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-08 22:06:00 UTC
DescriptionAn out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem. It could occur when the 'id->name' provided by the user did not end with '\0'. A privileged local user could pass a specially crafted name through ioctl() interface and crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ALSA: control: Re-order bounds checking in get_ctl_id_hash() · torvalds/linux@5934d9a · GitHub MISC github.com
ALSA: control: Fix an out-of-bounds bug in get_ctl_id_hash() · torvalds/linux@6ab55ec · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 903910 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10948)
  • 903942 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10924)
  • 904107 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10948-1)
  • 904246 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10924-1)
  • 905752 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10948-2)
  • 906433 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10924-2)

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