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Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.16-rc2)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (10th percentile)
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NVD
7 high
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SUSE
7 high
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Red Hat
7 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2936518
  • published 29 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 28 Jun 2022
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 28 Jun 2022

CVE-2021-4202 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.16-rc2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the nci_request function in net/nfc/nci/core.c from the NFC Controller Interface (NCI).