VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-32981

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.97%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2022-06-10

Last modified2026-08-26

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

Description

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.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-120

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory