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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-22942): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-22942): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/09/2022
Created
03/24/2022
Added
02/09/2022
Modified
12/22/2023

Description

The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1035-dell300x
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1087-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1103-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1107-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1116-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1120-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1131-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-169-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-169-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-169-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1010-intel
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1013-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1014-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1014-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1015-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1017-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1017-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1018-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-30-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-30-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-30-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-30-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-14-0-1022-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-100-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-100-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-100-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1015-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1028-bluefield
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1034-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1053-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1056-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1063-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1064-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1065-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1066-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1070-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1070-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-hwe
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-bluefield
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-dell300x
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04d
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-20-04

References

  • https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2022-22942
  • CVE - 2022-22942
  • CVE-2022-22942
  • USN-5165-1
  • USN-5207-1
  • USN-5217-1
  • USN-5240-1
  • USN-5265-1
  • USN-5266-1
  • USN-5278-1
  • USN-5294-1
  • USN-5294-2
  • USN-5295-1
  • USN-5295-2
  • USN-5297-1
  • USN-5298-1
  • USN-5302-1
  • USN-5317-1
  • USN-5318-1
  • USN-5319-1
  • USN-5337-1
  • USN-5338-1
  • USN-5339-1
  • USN-5343-1
  • USN-5346-1
  • USN-5361-1
  • USN-5362-1
  • USN-5368-1
  • USN-5377-1
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