CVE-2022-0330 Privilege escalation in kernel

High 7.8 Published Updated

A local attacker can exploit a memory access flaw in the i915 GPU driver to crash the system or escalate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-0330?

CVE-2022-0330 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 25 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A random memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU i915 kernel driver functionality in the way a user may run malicious code on the GPU. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Weakness: CWE-281

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0330?

It affects 38 products.

Linux distribution packages (27)
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_20 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4All versions16-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_21 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4All versions15-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_22 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4All versions13-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_23 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4All versions8-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_18 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions16-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_19 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions14-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_20 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions14-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_21 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions13-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_22 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions12-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_23 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions10-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_24 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions10-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_25 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions8-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_26 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions8-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_27 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5All versions6-2.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_24 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15All versions16-150000.2.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_25 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15All versions13-150000.2.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_26 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15All versions8-150000.2.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_24 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1All versions16-150100.2.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_25 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1All versions15-150100.2.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_26 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1All versions13-150100.2.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_27 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1All versions8-150100.2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_39 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSSAll versions15-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_40 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSSAll versions12-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_41 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSSAll versions8-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_39 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3All versions15-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_40 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3All versions12-2.1
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_41 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3All versions8-2.1

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Netapp H300e Firmware, Netapp H300s Firmware, Netapp H410c Firmware, Netapp H410s Firmware and 32 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0330?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-0330 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-9238, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0330, SUSE-SU-2022:1580-1, SUSE-SU-2022:1589-1, SUSE-SU-2022:1640-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0330.

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