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CVE-2022-20422

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-10-11 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-667

Description

In emulation_proc_handler of armv8_deprecated.c, there is a possible way to corrupt memory due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-237540956References: Upstream kernel

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Android: all versions

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-10-01
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-10-01
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-770721.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html

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