CVE-2022-2602: canonical ubuntu_linux Use After Free

Modified

AliasesSUSE-SU-2023:0339-1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2602DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2602

Published 08-01-2024Last modified 14-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2602 is a high (CVSS 7.0) Use After Free vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

7.0/10

010

High · v3.1 (NVD)

EPSS score

1.43%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

08-01-2024
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
14-10-2026
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

io_uring UAF, Unix SCM garbage collection

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

v3.17.0

EPSS trend

Probability

1.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.43% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu82 products

linux< 5.4.0-131.147 | < 5.15.0-52.58
linux-aws< 5.4.0-1088.96 | < 5.15.0-1022.26
linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)

linux-aws-5.15< 5.15.0-1022.26~20.04.1
linux-aws-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-5.4< 5.4.0-1088.96~18.04.1
linux-aws-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-fips< 5.4.0-1088.96+fips1 | All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azureAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1094.100 | < 5.15.0-1022.27
linux-azure-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-5.15< 5.15.0-1022.27~20.04.1
linux-azure-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-5.4< 5.4.0-1094.100~18.04.1
linux-azure-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-edgeAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-fde< 5.15.0-1024.30.1
linux-azure-fips< 5.4.0-1094.100+fips1 | All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-bluefield< 5.4.0-1049.55
linux-fips< 5.4.0-1064.73 | All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcpAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1092.101 | < 5.15.0-1021.28
linux-gcp-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-5.15< 5.15.0-1021.28~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-5.4< 5.4.0-1092.101~18.04.1
linux-gcp-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-fips< 5.4.0-1092.101+fips1 | All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gke< 5.4.0-1086.93 | < 5.15.0-1019.23
linux-gke-4.15All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gke-5.15< 5.15.0-1019.23~20.04.1
linux-gke-5.4All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gkeop< 5.4.0-1056.60 | < 5.15.0-1007.10
linux-gkeop-5.15< 5.15.0-1007.10~20.04.1
linux-gkeop-5.4All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hweAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-5.15< 5.15.0-52.58~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.4< 5.4.0-131.147~18.04.1
linux-hwe-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-edgeAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-ibm< 5.4.0-1036.41 | < 5.15.0-1017.20
linux-ibm-5.4< 5.4.0-1036.41~18.04.1
linux-intel-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-intel-iot-realtimeAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-intel-iotg< 5.15.0-1018.23
linux-intel-iotg-5.15< 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1
linux-iot< 5.4.0-1006.8
linux-kvm< 5.4.0-1078.84 | < 5.15.0-1020.24
linux-lowlatency< 5.15.0-52.58
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15< 5.15.0-52.58~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-nvidia< 5.15.0-1015.15
linux-oemAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-5.10All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-5.14< 5.14.0-1054.61
linux-oem-5.17< 5.17.0-1020.21
linux-oem-5.6All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-6.1All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle< 5.4.0-1086.95 | < 5.15.0-1021.27
linux-oracle-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle-5.15< 5.15.0-1021.27~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle-5.4< 5.4.0-1086.95~18.04.1
linux-oracle-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-raspi< 5.4.0-1073.84 | < 5.15.0-1017.19
linux-raspi-5.4< 5.4.0-1073.84~18.04.1
linux-raspi-realtimeAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-raspi2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-realtimeAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1024.25
linux-riscvAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1022.26
linux-riscv-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-riscv-5.15< 5.15.0-1022.26~20.04.1
linux-riscv-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)

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Canonical1 product

ubuntu_linuxEOL18.04 | 20.04 | 22.04 | 22.10

Debian1 product

linux< 6.0.3-1

Linux1 product

linux_kernel≤ 6.0.19

Suse1 product

kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_26&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3< 3-150300.2.1

The linux kernel organization1 product

linux< 6.1~rc1

6 vendors · 87 products

References

15 links

ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5692-1Third Party AdvisoryAdvisory
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5752-1Third Party AdvisoryAdvisory
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5693-1Third Party AdvisoryAdvisory
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2602Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5691-1Third Party AdvisoryAdvisory
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5700-1Third Party AdvisoryAdvisory
packetstormsecurity.com/files/176533/Linux-Broken-Unix-GC-Interaction-Use-After-Free.html
www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20230339-1/Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com/1205186REPORT
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2602WEB

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