CVE-2022-1973
HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 5, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:23 AM UTC
13 products affected across 4 vendorsLinux KernelFedoraH700S Firmware
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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and leads to a kernel information leak problem.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
5.15 ≤ v < 5.15.465.16 ≤ v < 5.17.145.18 ≤ v < 5.18.3
Affected range stops below 5.15.46, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.17.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.18.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2092542Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230120-0001/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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