CVE-2022-42432

medium
Published 2022-11-15 ยท Modified 2022-11-15
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

Description

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of the Linux Kernel 6.0-rc2. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the nft_osf_eval function. The issue results from the lack of proper initialization of memory prior to accessing it. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel. Was ZDI-CAN-18540.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
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debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 6.0.2-1
sid Fixed 6.0.2-1
forky Fixed 6.0.2-1
bullseye Fixed 5.10.148-1
bookworm Fixed 6.0.2-1
redhat Red Hat Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
9 Fixed โ€”

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.