UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3170

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3170

    Published: 13 Sept 2022Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-3170

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3170, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2125879, https://git.kernel.org/linus/6ab55ec0a938c7f943a4edba3d6514f775983887, https://git.kernel.org/linus/5934d9a0383619c14df91af8fd76261dc3de2f5f, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3170

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-raspi2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.3.0-1007.8
    5.3.0-1014.16
    5.3.0-1015.17
    5.3.0-1017.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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