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HistorySep 05, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2022-39842

2022-09-0500:00:00
mitre
www.cve.org
6
cve-2022-39842
linux kernel
pxa3xx-gcu.c
integer overflow
size check
copy_from_user
heap overflow

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

19.0%

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19. In pxa3xx_gcu_write in drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c, the count parameter has a type conflict of size_t versus int, causing an integer overflow and bypassing the size check. After that, because it is used as the third argument to copy_from_user(), a heap overflow may occur. NOTE: the original discoverer disputes that the overflow can actually happen.