CVE-2022-1198

Medium

Description

A use-after-free vulnerabilitity was discovered in drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c of linux that allows an attacker to crash linux kernel by simulating ax25 device using 6pack driver from user space.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 29, 2022
First seenAug 29, 2022

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.17 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 5.17, 5.175.17
redhat enterprise_linux9.0—

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