CVE-2022-1975
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 28
Modified
Published: 31 Aug 2022, 15:32
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 00:24
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100 CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability +0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
31 Aug 2022, 15:32
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 00:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
There is a sleep-in-atomic bug in /net/nfc/netlink.c that allows an attacker to crash the Linux kernel by simulating a nfc device from user-space.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.02%• Percentile: 7%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-248•Uncaught Exception
An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.
Affected Systems
- linux•linux_kernel
5.18:rc6