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CVE-2022-2961

• 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: 2022-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s PLP Rose functionality in the way a user triggers a race condition by calling bind while simultaneously triggering the rose_bind() function. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 36
• Linux kernel: before 6.0; 6.0-rc1 — fixed in 6.0
• NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2961
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0004/
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2961
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0004/

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