{"id":"CVE-2022-2590","details":"A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only shared memory mappings. This flaw allows an unprivileged, local user to gain write access to read-only memory mappings, increasing their privileges on the system.","modified":"2026-03-13T05:36:37.844218Z","published":"2022-08-31T16:15:11.227Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:12257-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220808073232.8808-1-david%40redhat.com/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/08/1"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-2590.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"5.16"},{"fixed":"5.19.6"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}