CVE-2022-2978

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-2978
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-24 16:15:12 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 14:17:22 UTC
DescriptionA flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_alloc to fail with following call to function nilfs_mdt_destroy. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-416 | CWE-416 CWE-416

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Kernel affected Linux kernel 6.0-rc3 Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux Subsystem affected V1.1 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[PATCH v2] fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lore.kernel.org
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3245-1] linux security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH v2] fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy MITRE lore.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181221 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-2978)
  • 181565 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3245-1)
  • 198999 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5693-1)
  • 199029 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5728-1)
  • 199030 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5727-1)
  • 199031 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5729-1)
  • 199036 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (GCP) Vulnerabilities (USN-5727-2)
  • 199037 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5728-2)
  • 199038 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5729-2)
  • 199051 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (GCP) Vulnerabilities (USN-5728-3)
  • 199072 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5774-1)
  • 354251 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2022-1645
  • 377035 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0038)
  • 377117 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0158)
  • 377871 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2023:0001)
  • 377891 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0002)
  • 6140323 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-2r75-pvxx-p558)
  • 752839 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3929-1)
  • 752880 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4053-1)
  • 752889 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3897-1)
  • 752911 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3998-1)
  • 752913 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4072-1)
  • 753051 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4589-1)
  • 753063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1)

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