CVE-2022-44033

Published Oct 30, 2022

Last updated 8 months ago

CVSS medium 6.4

Overview

Description: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.0.6. drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a PCMCIA device while calling open(), aka a race condition between cm4040_open() and reader_detach().
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.4
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 0.5
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C384EDFF-DCA5-4E59-B662-29F5CE22B0BF",
            "versionEndIncluding": "6.0.6"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References