CVE-2022-1976

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 31, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Jun 1, 2022

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Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of IO-URING. This flaw allows an attacker with local executable permission to create a string of requests that can cause a use-after-free flaw within the kernel. This issue leads to memory corruption and possible privilege escalation.

Scores

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kerneln/a
  • kernel 5.19-rc1Affected

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