Vulnerability CVE-2022-28796
Published: 2022-04-08

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.

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.1
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc16eecae687912238ee6efbff71ad31e2bc414e
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