Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.18-rc7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006637
  • published3 Aug 2022
  • disclosed3 Aug 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-1679  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.18-rc7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in ath9k_htc_probe_device in ath9k/htc_drv_init.c. This could cause a crash or potentially allow code execution.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1