Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.18-rc1)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
7 high
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SUSE
7.4 high
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Red Hat
7 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2932141
  • published 21 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 20 Jun 2022
  • credit Takashi Iwai

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.18-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free when a user triggers concurrent calls of PCM hw_params in the Linux kernel’s sound subsystem.