CVE-2022-1976

Publication date

2022-08-31 00:00:00

Family

redhat

State

PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of IO-URING. This flaw allows an attacker with local executable permission to create a string of requests that can cause a use-after-free flaw within the kernel. This issue leads to memory corruption and possible privilege escalation.