CVE-2022-2978
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 24, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 24, 2022
Description
A 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.
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Weaknesses
Affected Products
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