Local privilege escalation via unlocked multicast source list
Published Jun 15, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Use-after-free in Android kernel inet sockets allows local users to gain elevated privileges by racing socket open and close operations. The ip_check_mc_rcu function accesses an ip_sf_list entry without holding pmc->lock after ip_mc_del_src can free that entry under the lock. A local application needs no additional execution privileges or user interaction, and successful exploitation elevates its privileges on the device.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Android kernel inet sockets allows local users to gain elevated privileges by racing socket open and close operations. The ip_check_mc_rcu function accesses an ip_sf_list entry without holding pmc->lock after ip_mc_del_src can free that entry under the lock. A local application needs no additional execution privileges or user interaction, and successful exploitation elevates its privileges on the device.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-20141
- Published
- Jun 15, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-416, CWE-413, T1404
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 15, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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