A use after free in the Linux kernel File System notify functionality was found in the way user triggers copyinforecordstouser() call to fail in copyeventto_user(). A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
{
"cna_assigner": "redhat",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/1xxx/CVE-2022-1998.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
]
}{
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "Linux kernel 5.17-rc3"
},
{
"last_affected": "Linux kernel 5.17-rc3"
}
]
}