CVE-2022-1974

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFC core functionality due to a race condition between kobject creation and delete. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege to leak kernel information.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1974

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1974.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.18.2.zen1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.17.11-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.120-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.17.11-1
debian debiansidfixed5.17.11-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.17.11-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.