CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-1974

4.1 MEDIUM Published 2022-08-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-08-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-367, CWE-416

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 5.18

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

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

References