UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1679

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1679

    Published: 16 May 2022Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-1679
    Aliases:
    USN-5500-1
    USN-5505-1
    USN-5513-1

    Summary:

    Details: A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1679, https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/t/, https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f158608e209a6f45c76ec856474a796df93d9dcf.1652553719.git.paskripkin@gmail.com/T/#u, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=ath-next&id=0ac4827f78c7ffe8eef074bc010e7e34bc22f533, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5500-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5505-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5513-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5529-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5517-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5544-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5560-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5560-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5562-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5564-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5566-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5582-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1679

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-aws

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-1109.115

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1002.2
    4.4.0-1003.3
    4.4.0-1005.5
    4.4.0-1006.6
    4.4.0-1009.9
    4.4.0-1010.10
    4.4.0-1011.11
    4.4.0-1012.12
    4.4.0-1014.14
    4.4.0-1016.16
    4.4.0-1017.17
    4.4.0-1019.19
    4.4.0-1022.22
    4.4.0-1023.23
    4.4.0-1024.25
    4.4.0-1025.26
    4.4.0-1027.30
    4.4.0-1028.31
    4.4.0-1029.32
    4.4.0-1031.34
    4.4.0-1032.35
    4.4.0-1034.37
    4.4.0-1036.39
    4.4.0-1037.40
    4.4.0-1038.41
    4.4.0-1039.42
    4.4.0-1040.43
    4.4.0-1042.45
    4.4.0-1044.47
    4.4.0-1045.48
    4.4.0-1046.50
    4.4.0-1048.52
    4.4.0-1050.54
    4.4.0-1052.56
    4.4.0-1054.58
    4.4.0-1055.59
    4.4.0-1056.60
    4.4.0-1058.62
    4.4.0-1059.63
    4.4.0-1060.64
    4.4.0-1061.65
    4.4.0-1062.66
    4.4.0-1064.68
    4.4.0-1065.69
    4.4.0-1066.70
    4.4.0-1067.71
    4.4.0-1073.77
    4.4.0-1074.78
    4.4.0-1075.79
    4.4.0-1076.80
    4.4.0-1077.81
    4.4.0-1078.82
    4.4.0-1081.85
    4.4.0-1082.86
    4.4.0-1083.87
    4.4.0-1085.89
    4.4.0-1086.90
    4.4.0-1087.91
    4.4.0-1088.92
    4.4.0-1090.94
    4.4.0-1091.95
    4.4.0-1092.96
    4.4.0-1093.97
    4.4.0-1094.99
    4.4.0-1095.100
    4.4.0-1096.101
    4.4.0-1097.102
    4.4.0-1098.103
    4.4.0-1099.104
    4.4.0-1101.106
    4.4.0-1102.107
    4.4.0-1103.108
    4.4.0-1104.109
    4.4.0-1107.113

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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