CVE-2022-1462

kernel: possible race condition in drivers/tty/tty_buffers.c

Published May 31, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3131-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-24767 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6001-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6013-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6014-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2026, 12:44 PM
Reserved
Apr 25, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 2, 2022, 2:15 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 1:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 9, 2022, 12:00 AM