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CVE-2022-2503

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CVE-2022-2503

Published: Aug 12, 2022

Modified: Apr 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.9

MEDIUM

Description

Dm-verity is used for extending root-of-trust to root filesystems. LoadPin builds on this property to restrict module/firmware loads to just the trusted root filesystem. Device-mapper table reloads currently allow users with root privileges to switch out the target with an equivalent dm-linear target and bypass verification till reboot. This allows root to bypass LoadPin and can be used to load untrusted and unverified kernel modules and firmware, which implies arbitrary kernel execution and persistence for peripherals that do not verify firmware updates. We recommend upgrading past commit 4caae58406f8ceb741603eee460d79bacca9b1b5

VendorProductVersions

Linux Kernel

Linux Kernel

affected
unspecified - < 4caae58406f8ceb741603eee460d79bacca9b1b5

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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