HIGH 7.8 Microsoft

CVE-2022-3170

An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem. It could occur when the 'id->name' provided by the user did not end with '\0'. A privileged local user could pass a specially crafted name through ioctl() interface and crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Microsoft Security Update 2022-Sep: An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem. It could occur when the 'id->name' provided by the user did not end with '\0'. A privileged local user could pass a specially crafted name through ioctl() interface and crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

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Published: 2022-09-13 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-14
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2022-09-13 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.144.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 kernel 5.15.70.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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