CVE-2022-2639

high

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.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cefa91b2332d7009bc0be5d951d6cbbf349f90f8

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2084479

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-09-01

Updated: 2024-02-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High