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CVE-2022-42703
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-10-09 · updated 2026-10-14
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.7 has a use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: before 5.19.7 — fixed in 5.19.7
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.19.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2351
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.7
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2555283eb40df89945557273121e9393ef9b542b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2555283eb40df89945557273121e9393ef9b542b
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2022/12/exploiting-CVE-2022-42703-bringing-back-the-stack-attack.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2351
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.7
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2555283eb40df89945557273121e9393ef9b542b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2555283eb40df89945557273121e9393ef9b542b
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2022/12/exploiting-CVE-2022-42703-bringing-back-the-stack-attack.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
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