VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-44034
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.0.6. drivers/char/pcmcia/scr24x_cs.c has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a PCMCIA device while calling open(), aka a race condition between…
MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.0.6. drivers/char/pcmcia/scr24x_cs.c has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a PCMCIA device while calling open(), aka a race condition between scr24x_open() and scr24x_remove().
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b12f050c76f090cc6d0aebe0ef76fed79ec3f15
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220916050333.GA188358%40ubuntu/
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220919101825.GA313940%40ubuntu/
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b12f050c76f090cc6d0aebe0ef76fed79ec3f15
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220916050333.GA188358%40ubuntu/
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220919101825.GA313940%40ubuntu/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.