Security Advisory

CVE-2022-2959

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2022-08-25 00:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-03 00:53:00

Assigner redhat

State PUBLISHED

Description

A race condition was found in the Linux kernels watch queue due to a missing lock in pipe_resize_ring(). The specific flaw exists within the handling of pipe buffers. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

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