CVE-2022-26452
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn isp, there is a possible use after free due to improper locking. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07262305; Issue ID: ALPS07262305.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaTek ISP (Image Signal Processor) driver due to improper locking synchronization. The vulnerability allows a local attacker with System-level privileges to potentially execute arbitrary code by exploiting the freed memory before it's reallocated, leading to local privilege escalation.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify MediaTek chipset usageCheck device hardware info via 'getprop ro.hardware' or inspect /proc/cpuinfo for MediaTek processor identifiersAffected if Device uses a MediaTek SoC (System-on-Chip)
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Locate the ISP driver kernel moduleSearch for MediaTek ISP driver in /vendor/lib/modules/ or /kernel/drivers/media/platform/mtk-isp/ for files named 'isp' or 'mtk_isp'Affected if ISP driver module exists on the device indicating MediaTek ISP component is present
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Confirm driver is loaded and activeCheck /proc/modules or use 'lsmod' to see if ISP-related kernel modules (isp_xxx, mtk_isp_xxx) are currently loadedAffected if ISP driver module is loaded into the kernel
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Check for patched kernel versionReview kernel version via 'uname -r' or check MediaTek-specific build properties with 'getprop ro.build.version.security_patch' to determine if the ALPS07262305 patch has been appliedAffected if Kernel security patch level is earlier than the fix date for ALPS07262305, indicating the vulnerability is present
If the device uses a MediaTek chipset with an active ISP driver and has not received the ALPS07262305 patch, the environment is affected by this use-after-free vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply patch ALPS07262305 to the ISP driver kernel code to fix the improper locking that causes the use-after-free condition. Review the ISP driver for similar synchronization issues.
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