UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1998
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Summary:
Details: A use after free in the Linux kernel File System notify functionality was found in the way user triggers copy_info_records_to_user() call to fail in copy_event_to_user(). A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1998, https://git.kernel.org/linus/ee12595147ac1fbfb5bcb23837e26dd58d94b15d, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1998
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
