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CVE-2022-46152

OP-TEE Trusted OS vulnerable to Improper Validation of Array Index in the cleanup_shm_refs function

8.2 HighPublic exploit

OP-TEE Trusted OS is the secure side implementation of OP-TEE project, a Trusted Execution Environment. Versions prior to 3.19.0, contain an Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability. The function cleanup_shm_refs() is called by both entry_invoke_command() and entry_open_session(). The commands OPTEE_MSG_CMD_OPEN_SESSION and OPTEE_MSG_CMD_INVOKE_COMMAND can be executed from the normal world via an OP-TEE SMC. This function is not validating the num_params argument, which is only limited to OPTEE_MSG_MAX_NUM_PARAMS (127) in the function get_cmd_buffer(). Therefore, an attacker in the normal world can craft an SMC call that will cause out-of-bounds reading in cleanup_shm_refs and potentially freeing of fake-objects in the function mobj_put(). A normal-world attacker with permission to execute SMC instructions may exploit this flaw. Maintainers believe this problem permits local privilege escalation from the normal world to the secure world. Version 3.19.0 contains a fix for this issue. There are no known workarounds.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.49%Down 0.9 points since Nov 30, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.2

OP-TEE Trusted OS vulnerable to Improper Validation of Array Index in the cleanup_shm_refs function

OP-TEE Trusted OS is the secure side implementation of OP-TEE project, a Trusted Execution Environment. Versions prior to 3.19.0, contain an Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability. The function cleanup_shm_refs() is called by both entry_invoke_command() and entry_open_session(). The commands OPTEE_MSG_CMD_OPEN_SESSION and OPTEE_MSG_CMD_INVOKE_COMMAND can be executed from the normal world via an OP-TEE SMC. This function is not validating the num_params argument, which is only limited to OPTEE_MSG_MAX_NUM_PARAMS (127) in the function get_cmd_buffer(). Therefore, an attacker in the normal world can craft an SMC call that will cause out-of-bounds reading in cleanup_shm_refs and potentially freeing of fake-objects in the function mobj_put(). A normal-world attacker with permission to execute SMC instructions may exploit this flaw. Maintainers believe this problem permits local privilege escalation from the normal world to the secure world. Version 3.19.0 contains a fix for this issue. There are no known workarounds.

Record
CVE-2022-46152
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-129
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-48987 8.2

OP-TEE Trusted OS is the secure side implementation of OP-TEE project, a Trusted Execution Environment. Versions prior to 3.19.0, contain an Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability. The function cleanup_shm_refs() is called by both entry_invoke_command() and entry_open_session(). The commands OPTEE_MSG_CMD_OPEN_SESSION and OPTEE_MSG_CMD_INVOKE_COMMAND can be executed from the normal world via an OP-TEE SMC. This function is not validating the num_params argument, which is only limited to OPTEE_MSG_MAX_NUM_PARAMS (127) in the function get_cmd_buffer(). Therefore, an attacker in the normal world can craft an SMC call that will cause out-of-bounds reading in cleanup_shm_refs and potentially freeing of fake-objects in the function mobj_put(). A normal-world attacker with permission to execute SMC instructions may exploit this flaw. Maintainers believe this problem permits local privilege escalation from the normal world to the secure world. Version 3.19.0 contains a fix for this issue. There are no known workarounds.

Record
EUVD-2022-48987
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.2

OP-TEE Trusted OS is the secure side implementation of OP-TEE project, a Trusted Execution Environment. Versions prior to 3.19.0, contain an Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability. The function cleanup_shm_refs() is called by both entry_invoke_command() and entry_open_session(). The commands OPTEE_MSG_CMD_OPEN_SESSION and OPTEE_MSG_CMD_INVOKE_COMMAND can be executed from the normal world via an OP-TEE SMC. This function is not validating the num_params argument, which is only limited to OPTEE_MSG_MAX_NUM_PARAMS (127) in the function get_cmd_buffer(). Therefore, an attacker in the normal world can craft an SMC call that will cause out-of-bounds reading in cleanup_shm_refs and potentially freeing of fake-objects in the function mobj_put(). A normal-world attacker with permission to execute SMC instructions may exploit this flaw. Maintainers believe this problem permits local privilege escalation from the normal world to the secure world. Version 3.19.0 contains a fix for this issue. There are no known workarounds.

Record
CVE-2022-46152
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-129
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.2

OP-TEE Trusted OS vulnerable to Improper Validation of Array Index in the cleanup_shm_refs function

OP-TEE Trusted OS is the secure side implementation of OP-TEE project, a Trusted Execution Environment. Versions prior to 3.19.0, contain an Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability. The function cleanup_shm_refs() is called by both entry_invoke_command() and entry_open_session(). The commands OPTEE_MSG_CMD_OPEN_SESSION and OPTEE_MSG_CMD_INVOKE_COMMAND can be executed from the normal world via an OP-TEE SMC. This function is not validating the num_params argument, which is only limited to OPTEE_MSG_MAX_NUM_PARAMS (127) in the function get_cmd_buffer(). Therefore, an attacker in the normal world can craft an SMC call that will cause out-of-bounds reading in cleanup_shm_refs and potentially freeing of fake-objects in the function mobj_put(). A normal-world attacker with permission to execute SMC instructions may exploit this flaw. Maintainers believe this problem permits local privilege escalation from the normal world to the secure world. Version 3.19.0 contains a fix for this issue. There are no known workarounds.

Record
CVE-2022-46152
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-129
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

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Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHub0xbbdd/CVE-2022-461522023-11-27

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

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In short

CVE-2022-46152 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Trustedfirmware Op-tee, published November 29, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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