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CVE-2022-32981 (GCVE-0-2022-32981)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-10 19:42 – Updated: 2024-08-03 07:54
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Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.3 on powerpc 32-bit platforms. There is a buffer overflow in ptrace PEEKUSER and POKEUSER (aka PEEKUSR and POKEUSR) when accessing floating point registers.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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