Bug 2174464 (CVE-2022-20567)

Summary: CVE-2022-20567 kernel: race in pppol2tp_release
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Alex <allarkin>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: acaringi, arachman, bhu, chwhite, crwood, ddepaula, debarbos, dfreiber, dhoward, dvlasenk, ezulian, fhrbata, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jfaracco, jferlan, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, lleshchi, lveyde, lzampier, michal.skrivanek, mperina, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rogbas, rvrbovsk, sbonazzo, scweaver, tyberry, vkumar, walters, williams
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A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) when user closes a socket. This could allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
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Description Alex 2023-03-01 17:34:46 UTC
A flaw found in the Linux Kernel. In pppol2tp_release of l2tp_ppp.c, there is a possible use after free due to a race condition. 

Reference:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d02ba2a6110c530a32926af8ad441111774d2893