UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973

    Published: 8 Jun 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-1973
    Aliases:
    USN-5529-1
    USN-5594-1
    USN-5599-1

    Summary:

    Details: A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and leads to a kernel information leak problem.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1973, https://git.kernel.org/linus/f26967b9f7a830e228bb13fb41bd516ddd9d789d, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5529-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5594-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5599-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5602-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5616-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5623-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1973

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    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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