GHSA-2gq8-953m-fqr3

GHSA-2gq8-953m-fqr3 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

The process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows local users to bypass a pointer-guarding protection mechanism via a zero value of the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Timeline

May 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-2gq8-953m-fqr3

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-2gq8-953m-fqr3/fixes/registry"

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