CVE-2022-48832

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: don't deref the syscall args when checking the openat2 open_how::flags As reported by Jeff, dereferencing the openat2 syscall argument in audit_match_perm() to obtain the open_how::flags can result in an oops/page-fault. This patch fixes this by using the open_how struct that we store in the audit_context with audit_openat2_how(). Independent of this patch, Richard Guy Briggs posted a similar patch to the audit mailing list roughly 40 minutes after this patch was posted.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310c9ddfdf1f8d3c9834f02175eae79c8b254b6c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a82f89de92aac5a244d3735b2bd162c1147620c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310c9ddfdf1f8d3c9834f02175eae79c8b254b6c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a82f89de92aac5a244d3735b2bd162c1147620c	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc3::::::

History

07 Oct 2025, 20:04

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.5
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
First Time		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310c9ddfdf1f8d3c9834f02175eae79c8b254b6c -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310c9ddfdf1f8d3c9834f02175eae79c8b254b6c - Patch
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a82f89de92aac5a244d3735b2bd162c1147620c -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a82f89de92aac5a244d3735b2bd162c1147620c - Patch

Information

Published : 2024-07-16 12:15

Updated : 2025-10-07 20:04

NVD link : CVE-2022-48832

Mitre link : CVE-2022-48832

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-48832

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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