CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-41218

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.83%

57th percentile - higher than 57% of all known CVEs

Summary

In drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.10, there is a use-after-free caused by refcount races, affecting dvb_demux_open and dvb_dmxdev_release.

Risk Assessment

The use-after-free vulnerability could be exploited for privilege escalation or arbitrary code execution in kernel context. It poses a serious threat to system security.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version later than 5.19.10 containing the fix. Prioritize applying the update on systems with DVB devices.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.10, there is a use-after-free caused by refcount races, affecting dvb_demux_open and dvb_dmxdev_release.

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