CVE-2022-24122: Use After Free
First published: Sat Jan 29 2022(Updated: )
kernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel 5.14 through 5.16.4, when unprivileged user namespaces are enabled, allows a use-after-free and privilege escalation because a ucounts object can outlive its namespace.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.14<5.15.19 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<5.16.5 | |
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410c Firmware | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410c | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300s Firmware | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300s | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500s Firmware | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500s | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700s Firmware | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700s | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300e Firmware | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300e | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500e Firmware | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500e | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700e Firmware | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700e | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410s Firmware | ||
| Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410s | ||
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =34 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =35 | |
| ubuntu/linux | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-5.4 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-hwe | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-4.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-5.11 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-5.13 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-5.4 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-edge | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-fde | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-bluefield | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-dell300x | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-fips | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-4.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.8 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gke | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gke-5.0 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gke-5.3 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gkeop | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.4 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-ibm | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.4 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-iot | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-kvm | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-laptop | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-lowlatency | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-lts-xenial | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-nvidia | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oem | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-5.14 | <5.14.0-1022.24 | 5.14.0-1022.24 |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-osp1 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-raspi | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-raspi-5.4 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-raspi2 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-raspi2-5.3 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-riscv | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.15 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-snapdragon | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-starfive | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5 | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp | <5.17~ | 5.17~ |
| All of | ||
| Netapp H410c Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410c | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H300s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H300s | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H500s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H500s | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H700s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H700s | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H300e Firmware | ||
| Netapp H300e | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H500e Firmware | ||
| Netapp H500e | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H700e Firmware | ||
| Netapp H700e | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H410s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410s | ||
| debian/linux | 4.19.249-2 4.19.304-1 5.10.209-2 5.10.216-1 6.1.76-1 6.1.90-1 6.7.12-1 |
Remedy
Disable unprivileged user namespaces: sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=0
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f9d87929d451d3e649699d0f1d74f71f77ad38f5
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f9d87929d451d3e649699d0f1d74f71f77ad38f5
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSR3AI2IQGRKZCHNKF6S25JGDKUEAWWL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VVSZKUJAZ2VN6LJ35J2B6YD6BOPQTU3B/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220221-0001/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/29/1
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-24122
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSR3AI2IQGRKZCHNKF6S25JGDKUEAWWL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VVSZKUJAZ2VN6LJ35J2B6YD6BOPQTU3B/
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/f9d87929d451d3e649699d0f1d74f71f77ad38f5
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-24122
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f9d87929d451d3e649699d0f1d74f71f77ad38f5
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c54b245d011855ea91c5beff07f1db74143ce614
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5278-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24122
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24122
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/d64696905554e919321e31afc210606653b8f6a4
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/6e52a9f0532f912af37bab4caf18b57d1b9845f4
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/d7c9e99aee48e6bc0b427f3e3c658a6aba15001e
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24122
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- canonical/netapp baseboard management controller h500s firmware
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- canonical/netapp baseboard management controller h700s firmware
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- canonical/netapp baseboard management controller h300e firmware
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- canonical/netapp baseboard management controller h500e firmware
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