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CVE-2022-25265

Published: Feb 16, 2022

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.16.10, certain binary files may have the exec-all attribute if they were built in approximately 2003 (e.g., with GCC 3.2.2 and Linux kernel 2.4.20). This can cause execution of bytes located in supposedly non-executable regions of a file.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/x0reaxeax/exec-prot-bypass

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/1c33bb0507508af24fd754dd7123bd8e997fab2f/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h#L281-L294

x_refsource_MISC

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0005/

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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