CVE-2022-1974: Use After Free
First published: Wed Aug 31 2022(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | =5.18-rc6 | |
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.119-1 6.12.6-1 6.12.8-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/da5c0f119203ad9728920456a0f52a6d850c01cd
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-1974
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1974
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1974
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1974
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1974
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/05/1
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/da5c0f119203ad9728920456a0f52a6d850c01cd
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