VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-41848
drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a PCMCIA device while calling ioctl, aka a race condition between mgslpc_ioctl and…
MEDIUM 4.2EPSS 0.25%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a PCMCIA device while calling ioctl, aka a race condition between mgslpc_ioctl and mgslpc_detach.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362, CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.cVendor Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220919040251.GA302541%40ubuntu/T/#rc85e751f467b3e6f9ccef92cfa7fb8a6cc50c270
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.cVendor Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220919040251.GA302541%40ubuntu/T/#rc85e751f467b3e6f9ccef92cfa7fb8a6cc50c270
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.