Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.19-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2976185
  • published7 Aug 2022
  • disclosed7 Aug 2022
  • creditGerald Lee

Introduced: 7 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-1973  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.19-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the log_replay function of the fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1