Summary
The get_user and put_user API functions of the Linux kernel fail to validate the target address when being used on ARM v6k/v7 platforms. This allows an application to read and write kernel memory which could lead to privilege escalation.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to KEV
- Sep 15, 2022
- Remediation due
- Oct 6, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- EPSS
- 39.7% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References