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Tracker / CVE-2022-3977

CVE-2022-3977

High 7.8

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel MCTP (Management Component Transport Protocol) functionality. This issue occurs when a user simultaneously calls DROPTAG ioctl and socket close happens, which could allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel · 5.18 → 5.19.16
linux linux_kernel · 6.0 → 6.0.2

Analysis

This page is not indexable yet.Until it carries original analysis — what it actually exposes, how to check in two minutes whether a system was touched, what to do if it was — the page stays noindex. The database decides that, not the template.

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