GHSA-2c8x-w9gg-x7v5

GHSA-2c8x-w9gg-x7v5 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

Heap-based buffer overflow in the is_gpt_valid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted size of the EFI GUID partition-table header on removable media.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

9.300000190734863

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

May 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-2c8x-w9gg-x7v5
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-2c8x-w9gg-x7v5

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-2c8x-w9gg-x7v5/fixes/registry"

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