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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4696

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4696 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

There exists a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through io_uring and the IORING_OP_SPLICE operation. If IORING_OP_SPLICE is missing the IO_WQ_WORK_FILES flag, which signals that the operation won't use current->nsproxy, so its reference counter is not increased. This assumption is not always true as calling io_splice on specific files will call the get_uts function which will use current->nsproxy leading to invalidly decreasing its reference counter later causing the use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading to version 5.10.160 or above

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux5.10.106-1, 5.10.92-1~bpo10+1, 5.10.92-2
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jan 11, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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