CVE-2022-1195

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in drivers/net/hamradio. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service (DOS) when the mkiss or sixpack device is detached and reclaim resources early.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 10.0, 11.0
Linux kernel: before 5.16; 5.16 — fixed in 5.16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056381
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0b9111922b1f399aba6ed1e1b8f2079c3da1aed8
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e0588c291d6ce225f2b891753ca41d45ba42469
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=81b1d548d00bcd028303c4f3150fa753b9b8aa71
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b2f37aead1b82a770c48b5d583f35ec22aabb61e
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5127
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056381
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0b9111922b1f399aba6ed1e1b8f2079c3da1aed8
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e0588c291d6ce225f2b891753ca41d45ba42469
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=81b1d548d00bcd028303c4f3150fa753b9b8aa71
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b2f37aead1b82a770c48b5d583f35ec22aabb61e

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