CVE-2022-1975

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use After Free

Title source: llm

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 0.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-248
Status published

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Aug 31, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026