PT-2022-5551
CVE-2022-2318
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Published
2022-07-03
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Updated
2026-10-21
Description by
CVSS 4.0
7.3
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
linux (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to use-after-free vulnerabilities caused by a timer handler in the net/rose/rose timer.c component of the Linux kernel. This allows attackers to crash the Linux kernel without requiring any privileges. The vulnerability is associated with the exploitation of memory after it has been freed, leading to a denial of service.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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