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CVE-2022-41848 json

drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically pro…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-45015

cvss
4.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a PCMCIA device while calling ioctl, aka a race condition between mgslpc_ioctl and mgslpc_detach.

Patch / fix

  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.15.5.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 +1 more 4.12.14-95.114.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 +1 more 4.12.14-95.114.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4-LTSS, SLE Live Patching 12 SP4 +3 more 4.12.14-95.114.1
  • kernel-syms SLES 12 SP3-BCL 4.4.180-94.182.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1SUSE-SU-2022:4615-1SUSE-SU-2022:4611-1SUSE-SU-2022:4561-1SUSE-SU-2022:3844-1

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.122.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-11079

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-41848 updated cvss 4.2

kernel: Race condition between mgslpc_ioctl and mgslpc_detach

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 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 SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
  • CWE-416 Use After Free
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