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CVE-2022-28796

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

jbd2_journal_wait_updates in fs/jbd2/transaction.c in the Linux kernel before 5.17.1 has a use-after-free caused by a transaction_t race condition.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 35
• Linux kernel: from 5.17 before 5.17.1 — fixed in 5.17.1
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• NetApp H300E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Hci Compute Node Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire, Enterprise Sds & Hci Storage Node: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire & Hci Management Node: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.17.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.1
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc16eecae687912238ee6efbff71ad31e2bc414e
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0006/
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.1
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc16eecae687912238ee6efbff71ad31e2bc414e
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0006/

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