CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-40307

MediumCVSS 4.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel through 5.19.8, drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c contains a race condition resulting in a use-after-free.

Risk Assessment

A use-after-free may lead to a kernel crash, system instability, or potentially arbitrary code execution. It requires local access to the EFI capsule loading interface.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version newer than 5.19.8 containing the fix. Restrict access to the EFI capsule loading mechanism to trusted users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.19.8. drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c has a race condition with a resultant use-after-free.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS