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CVE-2022-2590 (GCVE-0-2022-2590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-31 15:32 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:39
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Summary
A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only shared memory mappings. This flaw allows an unprivileged, local user to gain write access to read-only memory mappings, increasing their privileges on the system.
Severity
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Linux kernel Affected: Linux kernel 5.16 onwards
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