Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to exec

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• canonical ubuntu linux16.04
• debian debian linux7.0
• linux linux kernel3.3 and later · before 3.4.113
• linux linux kernel3.5 and later · before 3.10.102
• linux linux kernel3.11 and later · before 3.12.59
• linux linux kernel3.13 and later · before 3.14.67
• linux linux kernel3.15 and later · before 3.16.35
• linux linux kernel3.17 and later · before 3.18.37
• linux linux kernel3.19 and later · before 4.1.28
• linux linux kernel4.2.0 and later · before 4.4.8
• linux linux kernel4.5.0 and later · before 4.5.2
• linux linux kernel2.6.33 and later · before 3.2.80

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV
  89Now
• CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
  85Now
• CVE-2016-5195Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect haKEV
  83Now
• CVE-2019-13272In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the credentials of a process that wants to creKEV
  77This week
• CVE-2013-6282The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addKEV
  77This week
• CVE-2013-2094The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows loKEV
  77This week

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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