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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 16, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-48832

CVE-2022-48832

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

audit: don't deref the syscall args when checking the openat2 open_how::flags

As reported by Jeff, dereferencing the openat2 syscall argument in audit_match_perm() to obtain the open_how::flags can result in an oops/page-fault. This patch fixes this by using the open_how struct that we store in the audit_context with audit_openat2_how().

Independent of this patch, Richard Guy Briggs posted a similar patch to the audit mailing list roughly 40 minutes after this patch was posted.

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.16,<5.16.10
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 5.16
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 5.16.0, < 5.16.10

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