CVE-2022-1975

Published Aug 31, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

CVSS medium 5.5

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
secalert@redhat.com: CWE-248

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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      {
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        "cpeMatch": [
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            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "EE723F14-047B-4FCF-B109-E0542EDFB063"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References