CVE-2022-1998

Summary

CVECVE-2022-1998
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-06-09 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-16 10:50:00 UTC
DescriptionA use after free in the Linux kernel File System notify functionality was found in the way user triggers copy_info_records_to_user() call to fail in copy_event_to_user(). A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.17 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.17 rc2 All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2022-1998 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
oss-sec: Linux kernel: erroneous error handling after fd_install() MISC seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160270 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-8267)
  • 179366 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-1998)
  • 240869 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:7933)
  • 240904 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:8267)
  • 376925 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0125)
  • 752370 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2520-1)
  • 753148 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2615-1)
  • 902179 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9911)
  • 902181 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9917)
  • 902400 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9917-1)
  • 902502 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9911-1)
  • 906053 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9911-2)
  • 906383 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9917-2)
  • 940798 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:8267)
  • 940843 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2022:7933)
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