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Red Hat: CVE-2022-2978: kernel: use-after-free in nilfs_mdt_destroy

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2022-2978: kernel: use-after-free in nilfs_mdt_destroy
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2022, 2978, kernel, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 7

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Aug 24, 2022

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 10, 2025

Description

A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_alloc to fail with following call to function nilfs_mdt_destroy. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2022-2978

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