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multipath-tools — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41974

multipath-tools 0.7.0 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited alone or in conjunction with CVE-2022-41973. Local users able to write to UNIX domain sockets can bypass access controls and manipulate the multipath setup. This can lead to local privilege escalation to root. This occurs because an attacker can repeat a keyword, which is mishandled because arithmetic ADD is used instead of bitwise OR.

Products
multipath-tools
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.9.4-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-41974
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 15:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41974

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Oct 2022, 19:15 UTC

multipath-tools 0.7.0 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited alone or in conjunction with CVE-2022-41973. Local users able to write to UNIX domain sockets can bypass access controls and manipulate the multipath setup. This can lead to local privilege escalation to root. This occurs because an attacker can repeat a keyword, which is mishandled because arithmetic ADD is used instead of bitwise OR.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41974

multipath-tools

Fixed versions: 0.9.4-1

multipath-tools

Fixed versions: 0.9.4-1

multipath-tools

Fixed versions: 0.9.4-1

Complete source record
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