CVE-2022-47939
An issue was discovered in ksmbd in the Linux kernel 5.15 through 5.19 before 5.19.2. fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c has a use-after-free and OOPS for SMB2_TREE_DISCONNECT.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 49.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in ksmbd in the Linux kernel 5.15 through 5.19 before 5.19.2. fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c has a use-after-free and OOPS for SMB2_TREE_DISCONNECT.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 49.35% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 49.3% on 23 October 2026 to 49.3% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/23/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf6531d98190fa2cf92a6d8bbc8af0a4740a223cMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf6531d98190fa2cf92a6d8bbc8af0a4740a223cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/zero-day-server-message-block-smb-server-in-linux-kernel-5-15-has-a-critical-vulnerability-patch-ksmbd-immediately/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1690/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/23/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf6531d98190fa2cf92a6d8bbc8af0a4740a223cMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf6531d98190fa2cf92a6d8bbc8af0a4740a223cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/zero-day-server-message-block-smb-server-in-linux-kernel-5-15-has-a-critical-vulnerability-patch-ksmbd-immediately/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1690/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.