HIGH 7.0 Microsoft

CVE-2022-2959

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's watch queue due to a missing lock in pipe_resize_ring(). The specific flaw exists within the handling of pipe buffers. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Microsoft Security Update 2022-Aug: A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's watch queue due to a missing lock in pipe_resize_ring(). The specific flaw exists within the handling of pipe buffers. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

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Published: 2022-08-09 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-09-03
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0 was published on 2022-08-09 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.134.1-2 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 kernel 5.15.67.1-4 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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