GHSA-w5hm-w8cx-wrwr

GHSA-w5hm-w8cx-wrwr PUBLISHED CVSS 6.699999809265137 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked down (usually due to Secure Boot) guest system running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors (pseries platform) a root like local user could use this flaw to further increase their privileges to that of a running kernel.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

6.699999809265137

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

May 24, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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