ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-022 --- kernelID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1700844 | Date: (C)2022-02-15 (M)2024-05-05 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
A random memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU i915 kernel driver functionality in the way a user may run malicious code on the GPU. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system. The cgroup release_agent is called with call_usermodehelper. The function call_usermodehelper starts the release_agent with a full set of capabilities. Therefore require capabilities when setting the release_agent
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