🛡️ UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2978
⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_alloc to fail with following call to function nilfs_mdt_destroy. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-08-24
Updated 2026-06-15
Modified 2026-06-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux 5.15.0-53.59
linux-allwinner-5.19
linux-aws 5.15.0-1023.27
linux-aws-5.0
linux-aws-5.11
linux-aws-5.13
linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1023.27~20.04.1
linux-aws-5.19
linux-aws-5.3
linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1089.97~18.04.1
linux-aws-5.8
linux-aws-fips
linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1143.155~16.04.1
linux-azure 5.15.0-1023.29
linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1157.172
linux-azure-5.11
linux-azure-5.13
linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1023.29~20.04.1
linux-azure-5.19
linux-azure-5.3
linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1095.101~18.04.1
linux-azure-5.8
linux-azure-edge
linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1024.30.1
linux-azure-fde-5.15
linux-azure-fde-5.19
linux-azure-fips
linux-bluefield
linux-dell300x 4.15.0-1055.60
linux-fips
linux-gcp 5.15.0-1022.29
linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1138.154
linux-gcp-5.11
linux-gcp-5.13
linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1022.29~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.19
linux-gcp-5.3
linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1093.102~18.04.1
linux-gcp-5.8
linux-gcp-fips
linux-gke 5.15.0-1020.25
linux-gke-4.15
linux-gke-5.15 5.15.0-1020.25~20.04.1
linux-gke-5.4
linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1008.12
linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1008.12~20.04.1
linux-gkeop-5.4
linux-hwe
linux-hwe-5.11
linux-hwe-5.13
linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-53.59~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.19
linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-132.148~18.04.1
linux-hwe-5.8
linux-hwe-edge
linux-ibm 5.15.0-1018.21
linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1037.42~18.04.1
linux-intel-5.13
linux-intel-iot-realtime
linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1018.23
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1
linux-iot 5.4.0-1006.8
linux-kvm 5.15.0-1021.26
linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-53.59
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-53.59~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-234.268~14.04.1
linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1015.15
linux-oem
linux-oem-5.10
linux-oem-5.13
linux-oem-5.14
linux-oem-5.17 5.17.0-1020.21
linux-oem-5.6
linux-oem-6.0
linux-oracle 5.15.0-1022.28
linux-oracle-5.0
linux-oracle-5.11
linux-oracle-5.13
linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1022.28~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.3
linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1087.96~18.04.1
linux-oracle-5.8
linux-raspi 5.15.0-1018.20
linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1074.85~18.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime
linux-raspi2
linux-realtime 5.15.0-1025.28
linux-riscv
linux-riscv-5.11
linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1023.27~20.04.1
linux-riscv-5.19
linux-riscv-5.8
linux-snapdragon 4.15.0-1139.149
linux-starfive-5.19

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