CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.3. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2022-1462
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.3
EPSS
0.34%
Linux
Original NVD Description
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TeleTYpe subsystem. The issue occurs in how a user triggers a race condition using ioctls TIOCSPTLCK and TIOCGPTPEER and TIOCSTI and TCXONC with leakage of memory in the flush_to_ldisc function. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or read unauthorized random data from memory.
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