CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-1976
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-08-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of IO-URING. This flaw allows an attacker with local executable permission to create a string of requests that can cause a use-after-free flaw within the kernel. This issue leads to memory corruption and possible privilege escalation.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.17.3 < 5.18.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2092549 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0005/ security.netapp.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2092549 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0005/ security.netapp.com