CVE-2022-1198 (GCVE-0-2022-1198)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-29 14:03 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:55
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Summary
A use-after-free vulnerabilitity was discovered in drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c of linux that allows an attacker to crash linux kernel by simulating ax25 device using 6pack driver from user space.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: Fixed in kernel v5.17-rc6
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