CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-34325

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Published: Nov 14, 2022 | Modified: Nov 17, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

DMA transactions which are targeted at input buffers used for the StorageSecurityCommandDxe software SMI handler could cause SMRAM corruption through a TOCTOU attack. DMA transactions which are targeted at input buffers used for the software SMI handler used by the StorageSecurityCommandDxe driver could cause SMRAM corruption. This issue was discovered by Insyde engineering based on the general description provided by

Weakness

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource’s state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Insydeh2o Insyde 5.3 (including) 05.36.23 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References