Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 31, 2022· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2022-2590
CVE-2022-2590
Description
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.
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Affected products
3- Linux/kernel's memory subsystemdescription
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References
2- lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220808073232.8808-1-david%40redhat.com/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/08/1mitrex_refsource_MISC
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