Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 15.4.1 Kernel race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.4.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-26765. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 15.4.1 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected is an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 05/16/2022 by Linus Henze as HT213258 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-26765. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/31/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication

Upgrading to version 15.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 15.5

Timelineinfo

03/08/2022 🔍
05/16/2022 +68 days 🔍
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05/17/2022 +1 days 🔍
05/31/2025 +1109 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213258
Researcher: Linus Henze
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-26765 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-26765
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-200046
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 05/17/2022 16:08
Updated: 05/31/2025 00:08
Changes: 05/17/2022 16:08 (19), 05/17/2022 16:12 (28), 05/24/2022 08:17 (1), 05/28/2022 08:18 (1), 05/31/2025 00:08 (33)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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