CVE-2022-45873
systemd 250 and 251 allows local users to achieve a systemd-coredump deadlock by triggering a crash that has a long backtrace. This occurs in parse_elf_object in shared/elf-util.c. The exploitation methodology is to crash a binary calling the same function recursively, and put it in a deeply nested directory to make its backtrace large enough to cause the deadlock. This must be done 16 times when MaxConnections=16 is set for the systemd/units/systemd-coredump.socket file.
Published:Oct 18, 2022
Last Modified:Apr 25, 2025
EPS:Nov 23, 2022
EPSS Score:0.0003
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Fedoraproject
Product
Fedora
Fedoraproject
Fedora
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Systemd Project
Product
Systemd
Systemd Project
Systemd
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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