multipath-tools 0.7.0 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited alone or in conjunction with CVE-2022-41973. Local users able to write to UNIX domain sockets can bypass access controls and manipulate the multipath setup. This can lead to local privilege escalation to root. This occurs because an attacker can repeat a keyword, which is mishandled because arithmetic ADD is used instead of bitwise OR.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade device-mapper-multipath-develUpgrade device-mapper-multipathUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libsUpgrade libdmmpUpgrade kpartx | Oct 27, 2022 | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade multipath-tools | Mar 21, 2024 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kpartxUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-develUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-sysvinitUpgrade libdmmp-develUpgrade device-mapper-multipathUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libsUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-debuginfoUpgrade libdmmp | Dec 7, 2022 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade device-mapper-multipathUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libsUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-debuginfoUpgrade kpartx-debuginfoUpgrade libdmmpUpgrade kpartxUpgrade libdmmp-debuginfoUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfoUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-develUpgrade libdmmp-develUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-debugsource | Feb 17, 2025 | Oct 24, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade device-mapper-multipath-develUpgrade kpartx-debuginfoUpgrade libdmmpUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-sysvinitUpgrade libdmmp-develUpgrade libdmmp-debuginfoUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-debugsourceUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfoUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libsUpgrade kpartxUpgrade device-mapper-multipathUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo | Oct 26, 2022 | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade multipath-tools | Dec 30, 2022 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2023173 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Jun 21, 2023 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2024120 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Mar 26, 2024 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | — | Dec 6, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-fs/multipath-tools. | Nov 27, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade kpartxUpgrade multipath-tools | Feb 13, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade multipath-toolsUpgrade kpartx | Mar 8, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade device-mapper-multipath-sysvinitUpgrade kpartxUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libsUpgrade device-mapper-multipath | Jun 9, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade device-mapper-multipath-develUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libsUpgrade kpartxUpgrade libdmmpUpgrade device-mapper-multipath | Feb 9, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade kpartxUpgrade multipath-tools | Mar 9, 2023 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Nutanix Ahv | — | Upgrade Nutanix AHV to the latest version | Jun 5, 2026 | Apr 11, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade device-mapper-multipath-libsUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-develUpgrade kpartxUpgrade device-mapper-multipathUpgrade libdmmp-develUpgrade libdmmpUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit | Oct 26, 2022 | Oct 24, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade device-mapper-multipath-sysvinitUpgrade kpartxUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfoUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libsUpgrade libdmmp-debuginfoUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-debugsourceUpgrade libdmmp-develUpgrade device-mapper-multipathUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-develUpgrade kpartx-debuginfoUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-debuginfoUpgrade libdmmp | Oct 26, 2022 | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade device-mapper-multipath-libsUpgrade kpartxUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-libs-debuginfoUpgrade libdmmp-debuginfoUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-debugsourceUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-develUpgrade device-mapper-multipath-debuginfoUpgrade device-mapper-multipathUpgrade libdmmpUpgrade kpartx-debuginfo | Mar 12, 2024 | Oct 29, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade multipath-tools-rbdUpgrade multipath-tools-develUpgrade libdmmp-develUpgrade libmpath0Upgrade kpartxUpgrade libdmmp0_2_0Upgrade multipath-toolsUpgrade libdmmp0_1_0 | Oct 26, 2022 | Oct 24, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade multipath-tools | Nov 18, 2022 | Oct 24, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Oct 29, 2022 |
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