CVE-2022-2978CWE-416

CVE-2022-2978

High · published August 24, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_alloc to fail with following call to function nilfs_mdt_destroy. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00251 · 15.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2022-08-24T20:15Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.12, < 4.9.3314.9.331
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.10, < 4.14.2964.14.296
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 4.19.2624.19.262
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.20, < 5.4.2185.4.218
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.1485.10.148
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.735.15.73
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 5.19.155.19.15
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.0, < 6.0.16.0.1
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 AUG 00:00Z
    A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_alloc to fail with following call to…
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