GSD-2022-1006959 ARC: mm: fix leakage of memory allocated for PTE
A memory leak in the ARC architecture's page table entry allocation allows attackers to potentially read sensitive memory or cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is GSD-2022-1006959?
GSD-2022-1006959 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Kernel, published on 14 Nov 2022.
Official description
ARC: mm: fix leakage of memory allocated for PTE
This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.15.77 by commit 14009ada5712649589ab4ad0441b811780ea8773, it was introduced in version v5.15 by commit d9820ff76f95fa26d33e412254a89cd65b23142d. For more details please see the references link.
Which versions are affected by GSD-2022-1006959?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including Kernel.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Kernel Linux | All versions | None |
How do I fix GSD-2022-1006959?
No fix has been published for GSD-2022-1006959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is GSD-2022-1006959 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of GSD-2022-1006959 in the wild and no public exploit code.