CVE-2022-4378

Published: Jan 5, 2023

Modified: Apr 10, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	kernel	affected `kernel 6.0.12`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-131

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2152548

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-6.0/proc-avoid-integer-type-confusion-in-get_proc_long.patch

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-6.0/proc-proc_skip_spaces-shouldn-t-think-it-is-working-on-c-strings.patch

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q4/178

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171289/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LNS-0092-1.html

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CVE-2022-4378

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