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CVE-2022-2938

2022-08-2300:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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cve-2022-2938
linux kernel
psi
memory corruption
system crash

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

12.6%

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of Pressure Stall
Information. While the feature is disabled by default, it could allow an
attacker to crash the system or have other memory-corruption side effects.

Notes

Author Note
sbeattie on s390x/focal and newer, CONFIG_PSI_DEFAULT_DISABLED is set (see LP: #1876044), so requires a boot command line argument; other arches have it enabled.
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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

12.6%