Is CVE-2022-2959 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-2959 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-2959?

CVE-2022-2959 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-2959?

CVE-2022-2959 has an EPSS score of 0.36% (28th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2959?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.120-1 or later. Fixes are available for 72 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-2959

HIGH

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's 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.

CWE-667 CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.120-1CVE-2022-2959

Fixed in:5.18.2-1CVE-2022-2959

linuxUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-47.51USN-5594-1

linux-awsUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1019.23USN-5594-1

linux-aws-5.15Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1019.23~20.04.1USN-5594-1

linux-azureUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1019.24USN-5594-1

linux-azure-5.15Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1USN-5594-1

linux-gcpUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1017.23USN-5594-1

linux-gcp-5.15Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1017.23~20.04.2USN-5594-1

linux-gkeUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1015.18USN-5594-1

linux-gke-5.15Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1015.18~20.04.1USN-5594-1

linux-gkeopUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1002.4USN-5594-1

linux-hwe-5.15Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1USN-5623-1

linux-ibmUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1013.15USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1002-gkeopUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1002.4USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1013-ibmUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1013.15USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1014-raspiUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1014.16USN-5602-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1014-raspi-nolpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1014.16USN-5602-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1015-gkeUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1015.18~20.04.1USN-5594-1

Fixed in:5.15.0-1015.18USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1015-intel-iotgUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1015.20USN-5616-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1017-gcpUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1017.23~20.04.2USN-5594-1

Fixed in:5.15.0-1017.23USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1017-kvmUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1017.21USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1017-oracleUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1017.22USN-5599-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1019-awsUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1019.23~20.04.1USN-5594-1

Fixed in:5.15.0-1019.23USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-1019-azureUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1USN-5594-1

Fixed in:5.15.0-1019.24USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-47-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-47.51USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-47-generic-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-47.51USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-47-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-47.51USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-47-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-47.53USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-47-lowlatency-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-47.53USN-5594-1

linux-image-5.15.0-48-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1USN-5623-1

linux-image-5.15.0-48-generic-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1USN-5623-1

linux-image-5.15.0-48-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1USN-5623-1

linux-image-5.15.0-48-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1USN-5623-1

linux-image-5.15.0-48-lowlatency-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1USN-5623-1

linux-image-awsUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1019.23~20.04.11USN-5594-1

Fixed in:5.15.0.1019.19USN-5594-1

linux-image-azureUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1019.22~20.04.12USN-5594-1

Fixed in:5.15.0.1019.18USN-5594-1

linux-image-gcpUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1017.23~20.04.1USN-5594-1

Fixed in:5.15.0.1017.15USN-5594-1

linux-image-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.47USN-5594-1

linux-image-generic-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.47USN-5594-1

linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.48.54~20.04.18USN-5623-1

linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.47USN-5594-1

linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.48.54~20.04.18USN-5623-1

linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.47USN-5594-1

linux-image-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.47USN-5594-1

linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.48.54~20.04.18USN-5623-1

linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-22.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.47USN-5594-1

linux-image-gkeUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1015.17USN-5594-1

linux-image-gke-5.15Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1015.18~20.04.1USN-5594-1

Fixed in:5.15.0.1015.17USN-5594-1

linux-image-gkeopUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1002.4USN-5594-1

linux-image-gkeop-5.15Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1002.4USN-5594-1

linux-image-ibmUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1013.12USN-5594-1

linux-image-intel-iotgUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1015.16USN-5616-1

linux-image-kvmUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1017.15USN-5594-1

linux-image-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.44USN-5594-1

linux-image-lowlatency-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.44USN-5594-1

linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.48.54~20.04.16USN-5623-1

linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.44USN-5594-1

linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.48.54~20.04.16USN-5623-1

linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.44USN-5594-1

linux-image-oem-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.47USN-5594-1

linux-image-oracleUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1017.15USN-5599-1

linux-image-raspiUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1014.13USN-5602-1

linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.1014.13USN-5602-1

linux-image-virtualUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.47USN-5594-1

linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.48.54~20.04.18USN-5623-1

linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0.47.47USN-5594-1

linux-intel-iotgUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1015.20USN-5616-1

linux-kvmUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1017.21USN-5594-1

linux-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-47.53USN-5594-1

linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1USN-5623-1

linux-oracleUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1017.22USN-5599-1

linux-raspiUbuntu

Fixed in:5.15.0-1014.16USN-5602-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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