CVE-2022-50147: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix get_nodes out of bound access When user specified more nodes than supported, get_nodes will access nmask array out of bounds.
CVE-2022-50147CVSS 7.1Linux

CVE-2022-50147: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix get_nodes out of bound access When user specified more nodes than supported, get_nodes will access nmask array out of bounds.

CVSS
7.1 HIGH
EPSS
5.48%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix get_nodes out of bound access When user specified more nodes than supported, get_nodes will access nmask array out of bounds.

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