High severity · published Apr 8, 2022
CVE-2022-28796
jbd2_journal_wait_updates in fs/jbd2/transaction.c in the Linux kernel before 5.17.1 has a use-after-free caused by a transaction_t race condition
7.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
jbd2_journal_wait_updates in fs/jbd2/transaction.c in the Linux kernel before 5.17.1 has a use-after-free caused by a transaction_t race condition.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.17 before 5.17.1 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35 · source: NVD
HF
H300e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28796
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28796
Release Notes
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.1
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc16eecae687912238ee6efbff71ad31e2bc414e
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0006/
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