High severity · published Sep 1, 2022
CVE-2022-2639
An integer coercion error was found in the openvswitch kernel module
7.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An integer coercion error was found in the openvswitch kernel module. Given a sufficiently large number of actions, while copying and reserving memory for a new action of a new flow, the reserve_sfa_size() function does not return -EMSGSIZE as expected, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds write access. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.18.139 before 3.19; 4.4.179 before 4.5; 4.9.169 before 4.9.312; 4.14.112 before 4.14.277; 4.19.35 before 4.19.240; 5.0.8 before 5.4.191; +3 more · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2639
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2639
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2084479
Exploit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cefa91b2332d7009bc0be5d951d6cbbf349f90f8
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