Vulnerability CVE-2022-1679

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-1679 (CCN-226853)

Assigned:

2022-02-07

Published:

2022-02-07

Updated:

2022-12-03

Summary:

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernelâ€™s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.0 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.0 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.0 High (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.3 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

6.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-416

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-1679

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
linuxkernel-cve20221679-priv-esc(226853)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: Linux Kernel Web site
ath9k: fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 7007837 (Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps)
Multiple Vulnerabilities in CloudPak for Watson AIOPs

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration RedHat 1:

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 2:

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 3:

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 4:

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 5:

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 6:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 7:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8029	P	kernel-docs-5.14.21-150500.53.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2023-06-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7539	P	kernel-64kb-5.14.21-150500.53.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2023-06-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8090	P	reiserfs-kmp-default-5.14.21-150500.53.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2023-06-12
oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20228267	P	RHSA-2022:8267: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)	2022-11-15
oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20227933	P	RHSA-2022:7933: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Moderate)	2022-11-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118655	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:119468	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118792	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:119653	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118982	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118235	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:119287	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118232	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 26 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4675	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 24 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118233	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4676	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 22 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4673	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 23 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118234	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4674	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 25 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118225	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 18 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4668	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 28 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118229	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 23 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4672	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118226	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 24 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4669	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 30 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118230	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 19 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4666	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 26 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118227	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 25 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4670	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 31 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118231	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 20 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4667	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 29 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118228	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 22 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4671	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 32 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2022-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125386	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 23 for SLE 12 SP4) (Important)	2022-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125387	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 26 for SLE 12 SP4) (Important)	2022-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125385	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 25 for SLE 12 SP4) (Important)	2022-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125383	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 12 SP4) (Important)	2022-08-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125384	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 24 for SLE 12 SP4) (Important)	2022-08-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4737	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95383	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:627	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3753	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-08-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:598	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-26
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:43652	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-26
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42421	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-26
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42325	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-26
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95273	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93319	P	(Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3783	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94051	P	(Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3720	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95335	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93477	P	(Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3794	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95416	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94263	P	(Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3726	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95350	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93630	P	(Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3643	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95427	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94472	P	(Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93159	P	(Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95356	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93837	P	(Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:589	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3705	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:43645	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-18
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42412	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-18
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42317	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-18
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:582	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:126919	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125375	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:127316	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125755	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125116	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4642	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:6097	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:6344	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5294	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4300	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:6096	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2022-07-12

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