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CVE-2022-1184

Date: August 28, 2022

A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/ext4/namei.c:dx_insert_block() in the Linux kernel’s filesystem sub-component. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service.

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (13)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2070205

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1184

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257

Url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1184

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7933

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2022-1184

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1184

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1184

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7444

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7683

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8267

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-1184

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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