CVE-2022-33981: debian debian_linux Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-33981 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Use After Free vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 3.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Duplicates 1 · Related 26Timeline
- 18-06-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-05-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel before 5.17.6 is vulnerable to a denial of service, because of a concurrency use-after-free flaw after deallocating raw_cmd in the raw_cmd_ioctl function.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.55%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
46%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.56% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (seclists.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu79 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-191.202 | < 5.4.0-122.138 | < 5.15.0-41.44
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1139.150 | < 5.4.0-1081.88 | < 5.15.0-1015.19
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
- linux< 5.17.6-1
- debian_linuxEOL9.0 | 10.0
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel< 5.17.6
3 vendors · 82 products
References
18 links- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/233087ca063686964a53c829d547c7571e3f67bfX Refsource MISCREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225362X Refsource MISCREPORTThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.6X Refsource MISCREPORTRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory