Linux kernel

CVE-2022-1974
MEDIUM 4.1

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 4 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Modified

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFC core functionality due to a race condition between kobject creation and delete. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege to leak kernel information.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-416 — Use After Free
  • CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux kernelaffected Linux kernel 5.18 rc6

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD