What is CVE-2022-32981?

CVE-2022-32981 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2022-32981 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-32981?

CVE-2022-32981 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-32981?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-32981. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-32981 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-32981 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-32981

High

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.3 on powerpc 32-bit platforms. There is a buffer overflow in ptrace PEEKUSER and POKEUSER (aka PEEKUSR and POKEUSR) when accessing floating point registers.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-06-10

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-120

CVE-2022-32981 is classified as CWE-120

See CWE-120 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-32981 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/14/3
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=8e1278444446fc97778a5e5c99bca1ce0bbc5ec9
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-32981

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-06-10

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32981?

CVE-2022-32981 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2022-32981 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-32981?

CVE-2022-32981 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-32981?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-32981. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-32981 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-32981 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.