CVE-2022-2978
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2978
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-2978.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-2978
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2022-08-24T16:15:12Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:29Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function securityinodealloc to fail with following call to function nilfsmdtdestroy. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
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