CVE-2022-4378 (GCVE-0-2022-4378)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-10 14:19
VLAI
Summary
A stack overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SYSCTL subsystem in how a user changes certain kernel parameters and variables. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a kernel Affected: kernel 6.0.12
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