CVE-2022-3170

An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem. It could occur when the 'id->name' provided by the user did not end with '\0'. A privileged local user could pass a specially crafted name through ioctl() interface and crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2022-09-13

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5934d9a0383619c14df91af8fd76261dc3de2f5f
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ab55ec0a938c7f943a4edba3d6514f775983887