CVE-2022-45873

systemd 250 and 251 allows local users to achieve a systemd-coredump deadlock by triggering a crash that has a long backtrace. This occurs in parse_elf_object in shared/elf-util.c. The exploitation methodology is to crash a binary calling the same function recursively, and put it in a deeply nested directory to make its backtrace large enough to cause the deadlock. This must be done 16 times when MaxConnections=16 is set for the systemd/units/systemd-coredump.socket file.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:252:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:252:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/076b807be472630692c5348c60d0c2b7b28ad437 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/076b807be472630692c5348c60d0c2b7b28ad437 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24853#issuecomment-1326561497 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24853#issuecomment-1326561497 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/25055#issuecomment-1313733553 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/25055#issuecomment-1313733553 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/ -

07 Nov 2023, 03:54

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2022-ef4f57b072', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/ -

Information

Published : 2022-11-23 23:15

Updated : 2025-04-25 19:15


NVD link : CVE-2022-45873

Mitre link : CVE-2022-45873

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-45873


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Products Affected

systemd_project

  • systemd

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption