CVE-2022-1975
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 31, 2022 at 03:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:23 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelKernel
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4071bf121d59944d5cd2238de0642f3d7995a997CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-248NVD-CWE-noinfo
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