MGASA-2022-0027

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    MGASA-2022-0027

    Published: 21 Jan 2022Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-0185

    Summary: Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 5.15.16 and fixes at least the following security issue: William Liu and Jamie Hill-Daniel discovered that the file system context functionality in the Linux kernel contained an integer underflow vulnerability, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code (CVE-2022-0185).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0027.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29917, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.16

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel-linus

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/kernel-linus?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.15.16-1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High