CVE-2022-1184

medium

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/ext4/namei.c:dx_insert_block() in the Linux kernel’s filesystem sub-component. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service.

References

Advisories

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1184

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2070205

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1184

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-08-29

Updated: 2023-12-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H