Bug 2055499 (CVE-2022-25265) - CVE-2022-25265 kernel: Executable Space Protection Bypass
Summary: CVE-2022-25265 kernel: Executable Space Protection Bypass
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-25265
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2070700 2140932 2070699 2070701
Blocks: 2055500
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Reported: 2022-02-17 06:12 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2022-12-31 23:36 UTC (History)
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A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel when certain binary files have the exec-all attribute with gcc. This issue can cause the execution of bytes located in the non-executable regions of a file.
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Last Closed: 2022-06-27 17:39:32 UTC

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Description Sandipan Roy 2022-02-17 06:12:57 UTC 
In the Linux kernel through 5.16.10, certain binary files may have the exec-all attribute if they were built in approximately 2003 (e.g., with GCC 3.2.2 and Linux kernel 2.4.20). This can cause execution of bytes located in supposedly non-executable regions of a file.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/1c33bb0507508af24fd754dd7123bd8e997fab2f/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h#L281-L294
https://github.com/x0reaxeax/exec-prot-bypass
Comment 3 Rohit Keshri 2022-03-31 17:09:11 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2070699]
Comment 11 Wander 2022-06-27 17:39:32 UTC 
Closing this based on Comment 10. Feel free to reopen if you think otherwise.
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