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Debian: CVE-2022-40307: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-40307: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/09/2022
Created
10/03/2022
Added
10/03/2022
Modified
11/01/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.19.8. drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c has a race condition with a resultant use-after-free.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-5-10

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