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high 7.8

CVE-2022-20566 json

In l2cap_chan_put of l2cap_core, there is a possible use after free due to improper locking.

published 3y ago modified 26d ago also EUVD-2022-25826

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In l2cap_chan_put of l2cap_core, there is a possible use after free due to improper locking. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-165329981References: Upstream kernel

Patch / fix

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.18.16-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-20566

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-197.208
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-128.144
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-50.56
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1143.155
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1086.93
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1021.25
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1090.98
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1019.25

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-20566

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-20566 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: possible use after free due to improper locking in l2cap_chan_put of l2cap_core

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-166-11 updated cvss 7.8

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Linux Kernel

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Android
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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