CVE-2022-2639 (GCVE-0-2022-2639)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-01 20:32 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An integer coercion error was found in the openvswitch kernel module. Given a sufficiently large number of actions, while copying and reserving memory for a new action of a new flow, the reserve_sfa_size() function does not return -EMSGSIZE as expected, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds write access. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-192 - >CWE-787
Assigner
References
2 references
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|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2084479 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cefa91b2… | x_refsource_MISC |
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