CVE-2022-1973 Use after free in kernel

What is CVE-2022-1973?

CVE-2022-1973 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 5 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and leads to a kernel information leak problem.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1973?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Netapp H300s Firmware, Netapp H410c Firmware, Netapp H410s Firmware, Netapp H500s Firmware and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1973?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-1973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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Also known as AZL-10541, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1973, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1973.