CVE-2022-20158

Publication date 11 August 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

In bdi_put and bdi_unregister of backing-dev.c, there is a possible memory corruption due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-182815710References: Upstream kernel

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-aws 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-aws-5.0 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.11 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.13 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.15
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.8 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure-4.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.11 20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.13 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.15
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.8 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-5.19 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-bluefield 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-dell300x 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-fips 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.04 LTS focal  
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic  
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial  
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.11 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.13 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.15
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.8 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.4 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.4 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.11 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.13 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.15
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.8 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored superseded by linux-hwe
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm-5.4 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-5.13 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-iot 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-oem 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.10 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.13 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oem-5.14
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.14 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.17 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.11 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.13 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.8 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored replaced by linux-raspi
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.8
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.11 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.8 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-xilinx-zynqmp 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

It seems the android advisory that contains this CVE has been updated to correctly reflect the associated commits with this issue; furthermore, it appears to have been introduced with an android only commit (see lore reference).

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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