Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2022-1734

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in kernel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw in Linux Kernel found in nfcmrvl_nci_unregister_dev() in drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/main.c can lead to use after free both read or write when non synchronized between cleanup routine and firmware download routine.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.17.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1734
Debian:13linux5.17.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1734
Debian:14linux5.17.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-41.44USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-41.44UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1015.19UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1015.19USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1014.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1014.17USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1013.18UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1013.18USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1011.14USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1011.14UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1010.12USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1013.17USN-5564-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1013.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1013.16UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1013.16USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-41.44UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-41.44USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.175.17.0-1011.12USN-5471-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.175.17.0-1011.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1013.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1013.17USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1012.14UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1012.14USN-5518-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1734

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a kernel Linux kernel versions prior to 5.18-rc6

Weakness: CWE-416

References