Vulnerability · Published Aug 5, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-1973
High 7.1
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 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and leads to a kernel information leak problem.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-47.51 | USN-5594-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-47.51 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1019.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1019.23 | USN-5594-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1019.24 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1019.24 | USN-5594-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1017.23 | USN-5594-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1017.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1015.18 | USN-5594-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1015.18 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1002.4 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1002.4 | USN-5594-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1013.15 | USN-5594-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1013.15 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1015.20 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1015.20 | USN-5616-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1017.21 | USN-5594-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1017.21 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-47.53 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-47.53 | USN-5594-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1007.7 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | 5.17.0-1013.14 | USN-5529-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | 5.17.0-1013.14 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1017.22 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1017.22 | USN-5599-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1014.16 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1014.16 | USN-5602-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.15.0-1018.21 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416