CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-1679

7.8 HIGH Published 2022-05-16 Modified 2026-10-14 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-05-16
Last modified
2026-10-14
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.35 < 4.14.291) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.256) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.211) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.137) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.61) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 5.18.18) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.19 < 5.19.2) • debian debian linux 10.0 • netapp h410c firmware • netapp h300s firmware • netapp h500s firmware • netapp h700s firmware • netapp h300e firmware • netapp h500e firmware • netapp h700e firmware • netapp h410s firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References