CVE-2022-1973

Public on 2022-06-30

Modified on 2022-10-25

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and leads to a kernel information leak problem.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra	kernel	2022-06-30 22:29	ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-002
Amazon Linux 2023	kernel	2023-02-17 20:46	ALAS2023-2023-070

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv3	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-1973 Mitre: CVE-2022-1973 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity