Description
A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only shared memory mappings. This flaw allows an unprivileged, local user to gain write access to read-only memory mappings, increasing their privileges on the system.
Published: 2022-08-31
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-34838 A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only shared memory mappings. This flaw allows an unprivileged, local user to gain write access to read-only memory mappings, increasing their privileges on the system.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6071-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:39:07.998Z

Reserved: 2022-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2590

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-31T16:15:11.227

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:01:18.493

Link: CVE-2022-2590

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-08-08T14:28:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-2590 - Bugzilla

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