Intel® QAT Drivers Advisory

Summary:

Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT) drivers may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2022-36397

Description: Incorrect default permissions in the software installer for some Intel® QAT drivers for Linux before version 4.17 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.3 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVEID: CVE-2022-37340

Description: Uncontrolled search path in some Intel® QAT drivers for Windows before version 1.6 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® QAT drivers for Linux before version 4.17.

Intel® QAT drivers for Windows before version 1.6.

Recommendation:

Intel recommends updating Intel® QAT drivers for Linux to version 4.17 or later.

• Updates are available for download at this location:
  <https://downloadmirror.intel.com/738667/QAT.L.4.18.1-00001.tar.gz&gt;

Intel recommends updating Intel® QAT drivers for Windows to version 1.6 or later.

• Updates are available for download at this location:
  <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19732/intel-quickassist-technology-driver-for-windows-hw-version-1-7.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Greg Thomas (CVE-2022-36397) and Marius Gabriel Mihai (CVE-2022-37340) for reporting these issues.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.