github - ghsa-mhfc-6hhr-w9gw

ghsa-mhfc-6hhr-w9gw

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-08-25 00:00

Modified

2022-08-31 00:00

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-2978"
  ],
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      "CWE-416"
    ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-24T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-mhfc-6hhr-w9gw",
  "modified": "2022-08-31T00:00:20Z",
  "published": "2022-08-25T00:00:27Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2978"
    },
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    },
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}

cve-2022-2978

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-08-24 00:00

Modified

2024-08-03 00:53

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20220816040859.659129-1-dzm91%40hust.edu.cn/T/#u
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html	mailing-list

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

n/a

Kernel

Version: Linux kernel 6.0-rc3

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