CVE-2022-4696

There exists a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through io_uring and the IORING_OP_SPLICE operation. If IORING_OP_SPLICE is missing the IO_WQ_WORK_FILES flag, which signals that the operation won't use current->nsproxy, so its reference counter is not increased. This assumption is not always true as calling io_splice on specific files will call the get_uts function which will use current->nsproxy leading to invalidly decreasing its reference counter later causing the use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading to version 5.10.160 or above
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2023-01-11 05:15

Updated : 2023-01-19 05:24


NVD link : CVE-2022-4696

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4696


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CWE
CWE-416

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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel