CVE-2022-4696
There exists a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through io_uring and the IORING_OP_SPLICE operation. If IORING_OP_SPLICE is missing the IO_WQ_WORK_FILES flag, which signals that the operation won't use current->nsproxy, so its reference counter is not increased. This assumption is not always true as calling io_splice on specific files will call the get_uts function which will use current->nsproxy leading to invalidly decreasing its reference counter later causing the use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading to version 5.10.160 or above
Published:Dec 19, 2022
Last Modified:Sep 1, 2026
EPS:Jan 11, 2023
EPSS Score:0.00407
CVSS Score:7.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux Kernel
Linux
Linux Kernel
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H300s
Netapp
H300s
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H300s Firmware
Netapp
H300s Firmware
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H410c
Netapp
H410c
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H410c Firmware
Netapp
H410c Firmware
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H410s
Netapp
H410s
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H410s Firmware
Netapp
H410s Firmware
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H500s
Netapp
H500s
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H500s Firmware
Netapp
H500s Firmware
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H700s
Netapp
H700s
Vendor
Netapp
Product
H700s Firmware
Netapp
H700s Firmware
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
