CVE-2022-2977

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel implementation of proxied virtualized TPM devices. On a system where virtualized TPM devices are configured (this is not the default) a local attacker can create a use-after-free and create a situation where it may be possible to escalate privileges on the system.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2022-09-14

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9d8e7007dc7c4d7c8366739bbcd3f5e51dcd470f
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0006/