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CVE-2022-23090

An attacker may cause the reference count to overflow, leading to a use after free (UAF).

HIGH 7.7EPSS 0.22%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The aio_aqueue function, used by the lio_listio system call, fails to release a reference to a credential in an error case. An attacker may cause the reference count to overflow, leading to a use after free (UAF).

CVSS 3.1
7.7 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.22% probability · 12th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
freebsd/freebsd
Source
secteam@freebsd.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.