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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2022.0026
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2022-0026)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel, kmod-virtualbox, kmod-xtables-addons' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2022-0026 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel, kmod-virtualbox, kmod-xtables-addons' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2022-0026 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This kernel update is based on upstream 5.15.16 and fixes at least the
following security issue:

William Liu and Jamie Hill-Daniel discovered that the file system context
functionality in the Linux kernel contained an integer underflow
vulnerability, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary
code (CVE-2022-0185).

Affected Software/OS:
'kernel, kmod-virtualbox, kmod-xtables-addons' package(s) on Mageia 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-0185
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=722d94847de2
https://github.com/Crusaders-of-Rust/CVE-2022-0185
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0003/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/18/7
https://www.willsroot.io/2022/01/cve-2022-0185.html
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