Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.16-rc8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2933100
  • published21 Jun 2022
  • disclosed21 Jun 2022
  • creditJann Horn

Introduced: 21 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-1011  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.16-rc8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free when a user triggers write(). A local user could use this flaw to get some unauthorized access to some data from the FUSE filesystem and as result potentially privilege escalation too.

CVSS Scores

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