High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-2959
CVE-2022-2959
Description
A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's watch queue due to a missing lock in pipe_resize_ring(). The specific flaw exists within the handling of pipe buffers. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
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Affected products
83- osv-coords81 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/bpftoolpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernelpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-abi-stablelistspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-cross-headerspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-kvmpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-kvmpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdumppkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/perfpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-perfpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_0&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4
< 5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1+ 80 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/189b0ddc245139af81198d1a3637cac74f96e13anvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0005/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1165/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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