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CVE-2022-2978
published 2022-08-24

CVE-2022-2978: 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…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.23%
14.1th percentile
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.

Affected

23 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.148-15.10.148-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-197.2084.15.0-197.208
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-132.1485.4.0-132.148
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-53.595.15.0-53.59
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-234.2684.4.0-234.268
linuxlinux_kernel>= 2.6.12 < 4.9.3314.9.331
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.10 < 4.14.2964.14.296
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15 < 4.19.2624.19.262
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20 < 5.4.2185.4.218
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.735.15.73
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 5.19.155.19.15
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.1485.10.148
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.0 < 6.0.16.0.1
ubuntulinux-gcp-5.15
ubuntulinux-gke-5.15
ubuntulinux-intel-iotg
ubuntulinux-raspi

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.0HIGH
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