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CVE-2022-1882A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s pipes functionality in how a user performs manipulations with the pipe…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 69% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s pipes functionality in how a user performs manipulations with the pipe post_one_notification() after free_pipe_info() that is already called. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
kernel
- affected Linux kernel 5.18-rc8
References
References5
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220507115605.96775-1-tcs.kernel%40gmail.com/T/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089701 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-25155 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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