CVE-2022-3238 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s NTFS3 subsystem in how a user triggers remount and umount simultaneously. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Published: 2022-11-14

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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Kernel

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Linux kernel 6.1-rc2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42646	A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s NTFS3 subsystem in how a user triggers remount and umount simultaneously. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0008.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2127927
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3238
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3238

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T13:32:41.092Z

Reserved: 2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3238

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:00:10.706Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-14T21:15:16.163

Modified: 2025-05-01T14:15:27.813

Link: CVE-2022-3238

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-09-22T08:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-3238 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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