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CVE-2022-3238

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2022-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-459

Description

A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s NTFS3 subsystem in how a user triggers remount and umount simultaneously. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 6.1-rc2

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2127927
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2127927

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