vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-41974: ELSA-2022-7185: device-mapper-multipath security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 24, 2022
Added
Oct 26, 2022
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

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.
A vulnerability was found in the device-mapper-multipath. The device-mapper-multipath allows local users to obtain root access, exploited alone or in conjunction with CVE-2022-41973. Local users that are able to write to UNIX domain sockets can bypass access controls and manipulate the multipath setup. This issue occurs because an attacker can repeat a keyword, which is mishandled when arithmetic ADD is used instead of bitwise OR. This could lead to local privilege escalation to root.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-device-mapper-multipathoracle-linux-upgrade-device-mapper-multipath-develoracle-linux-upgrade-device-mapper-multipath-libsoracle-linux-upgrade-device-mapper-multipath-sysvinitoracle-linux-upgrade-kpartxoracle-linux-upgrade-libdmmporacle-linux-upgrade-libdmmp-devel
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