Use After Free Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <4.12.14-150000.150.95.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELDOCS-3264469
  • published2 Feb 2023
  • disclosed15 Jul 2022

Introduced: 15 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-2318  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-docs to version 4.12.14-150000.150.95.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs package and not the kernel-docs package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

There are use-after-free vulnerabilities caused by timer handler in net/rose/rose_timer.c of linux that allow attackers to crash linux kernel without any privileges.

CVSS Base Scores

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