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CVE-2022-2503 json

Linux Kernel LoadPin bypass via dm-verity table reload

published 4y ago modified 26d ago also EUVD-2022-34761

cvss
6.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Dm-verity is used for extending root-of-trust to root filesystems. LoadPin builds on this property to restrict module/firmware loads to just the trusted root filesystem. Device-mapper table reloads currently allow users with root privileges to switch out the target with an equivalent dm-linear target and bypass verification till reboot. This allows root to bypass LoadPin and can be used to load untrusted and unverified kernel modules and firmware, which implies arbitrary kernel execution and persistence for peripherals that do not verify firmware updates. We recommend upgrading past commit 4caae58406f8ceb741603eee460d79bacca9b1b5

Patch / fix

  • Linux Kernel Linux Kernel 4caae58406f8ceb741603eee460d79bacca9b1b5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.18.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2503

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-191.202
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-126.142
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-47.51
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1139.150
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1085.92
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1019.23
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1089.97
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1017.23

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2503

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • bpftool RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • kernel-tools RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • python3-perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • kernel-modules RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:8267RHSA-2022:7933RHSA-2023:5627RHSA-2022:7683RHSA-2022:7444

  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.103.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.103.1
  • kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.103.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.103.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.2, SLE Micro 5.1, Real Time Module 15 SP3 +1 more 5.3.18-150300.106.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP3 5.3.18-150300.106.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP3 5.3.18-150300.106.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP3 5.3.18-150300.106.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3810-1SUSE-SU-2022:3809-1SUSE-SU-2022:3779-1SUSE-SU-2022:3775-1SUSE-SU-2022:3704-1SUSE-SU-2022:3693-1

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.67.1-4

azure linux advisories AZL-10559

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • linux-lts Arch Linux 6.2-1
  • linux-hardened Arch Linux 6.2-1
  • linux-zen Arch Linux 6.2-1
  • linux Arch Linux 6.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2834AVG-2835AVG-2836AVG-2837

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-2503 updated cvss 6.7

kernel: LoadPin bypass via dm-verity table reload

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7683
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:8267
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5627
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perf 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:8267
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, bpftool 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-core 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, python3-perf 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7683
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, bpftool 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-core 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-tools 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, python3-perf 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-modules 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:8267
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5627
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7444
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7933
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7444
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7933
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5627
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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cisa ICSA-23-166-11 updated cvss 6.7

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Linux Kernel

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-6vq3-w69p-w63m referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Kernel Linux Kernel
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-302 Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication
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References

Sources

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