🛡️ CVE-2022-1184 — debian-linux

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-416 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/ext4/namei.c:dx_insert_block() in the Linux kernel’s filesystem sub-component. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-1184 is classified as CWE-416: Use After Free. Memory is used after being released, so its contents may already belong to something else.

Affected software

CVE-2022-1184 is recorded against 4 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • enterprise-linux
  • linux-kernel
  • ubuntu-linux

Timeline and source

Published on 29 August 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
lists.debian.org
ubuntu.com
www.debian.org
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
lists.debian.org
ubuntu.com
www.debian.org

CVE-2022-1184 on other distributions

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-416
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-08-29
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
enterprise-linux
linux-kernel
ubuntu-linux

References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2070205
Patch, Third Party Advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1184
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2070205
Patch, Third Party Advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1184

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