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CentOS Linux: CVE-2022-22942: Important: kpatch-patch security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2022-22942: Important: kpatch-patch security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/22/2022
Created
02/24/2022
Added
02/23/2022
Modified
12/22/2023

Description

The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_21_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_21_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_24_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_24_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_25_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_25_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_31_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_31_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_36_2
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_36_2-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_41_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_41_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_42_2
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_42_2-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_45_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_45_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_49_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_49_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_53_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_53_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_12_2
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_12_2-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_12_2-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_2_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_2_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_2_1-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_7_1
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_7_1-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-4_18_0-348_7_1-debugsource

References

  • CVE-2022-22942

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