In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
module: fix [e_shstrndx].sh_size=0 OOB access
It is trivial to craft a module to trigger OOB access in this line:
if (info->secstrings[strhdr->sh_size - 1] != '\0') {
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90000aa0fff
PGD 100000067 P4D 100000067 PUD 100066067 PMD 10436f067 PTE 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 7 PID: 1215 Comm: insmod Not tainted 5.18.0-rc5-00007-g9bf578647087-dirty #10
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-4.fc34 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:load_module+0x19b/0x2391
[rebased patch onto modules-next]
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
21 Oct 2025, 17:26
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09cb6663618a74fe5572a4931ecbf098832e79ec - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/391e982bfa632b8315235d8be9c0a81374c6a19c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a76414b6d8b8b39c23fea53b9d20e831ae72a0 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/921630e2e5124a04158129a8f22f4b425e61a858 - Patch | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.1 |
| Summary |
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| CWE | CWE-125 |
26 Feb 2025, 07:01
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-02-26 07:01
Updated : 2025-10-21 17:26
NVD link : CVE-2022-49444
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49444
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49444
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-125
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