CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-42703

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.92%

60th percentile - higher than 60% of all known CVEs

Summary

mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.7 has a use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse. This may lead to memory corruption and system instability.

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 version 5.19.7 or later. Prioritize applying the fix on systems exposed to multi-user access.

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Original NVD description (English source)

mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.7 has a use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse.

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