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FKIE_CVE-2022-3977

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-12 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:00
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel MCTP (Management Component Transport Protocol) functionality. This issue occurs when a user simultaneously calls DROPTAG ioctl and socket close happens, which could allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a732b46736cd8a29092e4b0b1a9ba83e672bf89Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0005/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a732b46736cd8a29092e4b0b1a9ba83e672bf89Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0005/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
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