Apple macOS up to 12.3 IOKit race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple macOS up to 12.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component IOKit. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-26701. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 12.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component IOKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 05/16/2022 by chenyuwang as HT213257 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-26701. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Upgrading to version 12.4 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 locking.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 12.4

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03/08/2022 🔍
05/16/2022 +68 days 🔍
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05/18/2022 +2 days 🔍
05/28/2022 +10 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213257
Researcher: chenyuwang
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-26701 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-26701
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-200156
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2022 07:23
Updated: 05/28/2022 13:52
Changes: 05/18/2022 07:23 (19), 05/18/2022 07:26 (28), 05/24/2022 17:36 (1), 05/28/2022 13:52 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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