CVE-2022-50226

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In this case, kmalloc will allocate memory that is the\nsize of the input rather than the size of the data. Since PSP firmware\ndoesn't fully overwrite the buffer, the sev ioctl interfaces with the\nissue may return uninitialized slab memory.\n\nCurrently, all of the ioctl interfaces in the ccp driver are safe, but\nto prevent future problems, change all ioctl interfaces that allocate\nmemory with kmalloc to use kzalloc and memset the data buffer to zero\nin sev_ioctl_do_platform_status."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: crypto: ccp - Use kzalloc para interfaces sev ioctl para evitar fugas de memoria en el kernel Para algunas interfaces sev ioctl, se puede pasar una entrada menor o igual a SEV_FW_BLOB_MAX_SIZE, pero mayor que los datos que devuelve el firmware de PSP. En este caso, kmalloc asignar\u00e1 memoria que sea del tama\u00f1o de la entrada en lugar del tama\u00f1o de los datos. Dado que el firmware de PSP no sobrescribe completamente el b\u00fafer, las interfaces sev ioctl con el problema pueden devolver memoria slab sin inicializar. Actualmente, todas las interfaces ioctl en el controlador ccp son seguras, pero para evitar problemas futuros, cambie todas las interfaces ioctl que asignan memoria con kmalloc para usar kzalloc y memset el b\u00fafer de datos a cero en sev_ioctl_do_platform_status."}], "id": "CVE-2022-50226", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:23:01.160", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-06-18T11:15:53.633", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13dc15a3f5fd7f884e4bfa8c011a0ae868df12ae"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c5300f6f5e18b11c02a92f136e69b98fddba15e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caa395aa16e7c9193fd7fa6cde462dd8229d4953"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e11fb0a3a39bb42da35fa662c46ce7391f277436"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2a920daa780956b987c14b9f23de7c3c8915bf2"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-401"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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