CVE-2022-2978

Name
CVE-2022-2978
Description
A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_alloc to fail with following call to function nilfs_mdt_destroy. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20220816040859.659129-1-dzm91@hust.edu.cn/T/#u
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20220816040859.659129-1-dzm91%40hust.edu.cn/T/#u

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel == None == 6.0
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 4.10 < 4.14.296
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 4.15 < 4.19.262
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 4.20 < 5.4.218
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 5.5 < 5.10.148
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 5.11 < 5.15.73
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 5.16 < 5.19.15
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 6.0 < 6.0.1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 2.6.12 < 4.9.331

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status