🛡️ CVE-2022-1678 on Ubuntu — linux-aws-5.0

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-1678 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package linux-aws-5.0. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no 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.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1678 is classified as CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count. The product uses a reference count to manage a resource, but it does not update or incorrectly updates the reference count.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1678 is recorded against 38 packages.

• linux-aws-5.0
• linux-aws-5.11
• linux-aws-5.13
• linux-aws-5.3
• linux-aws-5.8
• linux-azure
• linux-azure-5.11
• linux-azure-5.13
• linux-azure-5.3
• linux-azure-5.8
• linux-azure-edge
• linux-gcp
• linux-gcp-5.11
• linux-gcp-5.13
• linux-gcp-5.3
• linux-gcp-5.8
• linux-gke-4.15
• linux-gke-5.4
• linux-gkeop-5.4
• linux-hwe
• linux-hwe-5.11
• linux-hwe-5.13
• linux-hwe-5.8
• linux-hwe-edge

Timeline and source

Published on 25 May 2022 and last revised on 24 October 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
bugzilla.openanolis.cn (Report)
lore.kernel.org (Report)
git.kernel.org (Report)
gitee.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

linux-aws-5.0 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50426 (published 1 Oct 2025)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50432 (published 1 Oct 2025)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50425 (published 1 Oct 2025)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50431 (published 1 Oct 2025)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50424 (published 1 Oct 2025)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4460 (published 1 Oct 2025)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50430 (published 1 Oct 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count) in other software:

• CVE-2026-46316 (9.3 Critical, published 9 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-46099 (8.1 High, published 27 May 2026)
• CVE-2024-45783 (4.4 Medium, published 18 Feb 2025)
• CVE-2024-46972 (7.8 High, published 28 Dec 2024)
• CVE-2023-5633 (7.8 High, published 23 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-2019 (4.4 Medium, published 24 Apr 2023)
• CVE-2022-37012 (7.5 High, published 29 Mar 2023)
• CVE-2023-22394 (7.5 High, published 13 Jan 2023)

CVE-2022-1678 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Affected Packages

References