CVE-2022-44033

Medium

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.0.6. drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_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 cm4040_open() and reader_detach().

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.4
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 30, 2022
First seenOct 30, 2022

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 6.0.6—

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