CVE-2022-40307

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    CVE-2022-40307

    Published: 9 Sept 2022Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.19.8. drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c has a race condition with a resultant use-after-free.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9cb636b5f6a8cc6d1b50809ec8f8d33ae0c84c95

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