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🛡️ CVE-2022-3238 — linux-kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-459 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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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.

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 high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-3238 is classified as CWE-459: Incomplete Cleanup. Temporary state is not fully removed after use, leaving data or resources behind.

Affected software

CVE-2022-3238 is recorded against 1 package.

  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 14 November 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com

CVE-2022-3238 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-459
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-11-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux-kernel — —

References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2127927
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2127927

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