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

Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability

2022-01-0500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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4.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

3.6 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.9%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

  • linux-oem-5.14 - Linux kernel for OEM systems

Details

Nadav Amit discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel
did not perform TLB flushes under certain conditions. A local attacker
could use this to leak or alter data from other processes that use huge
pages.

4.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

3.6 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.9%