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CVE-2022-1975
There is a sleep-in-atomic bug in /net/nfc/netlink.c that allows an attacker to crash the Linux kernel by simulating a nfc device from…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.24%
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
There is a sleep-in-atomic bug in /net/nfc/netlink.c that allows an attacker to crash the Linux kernel by simulating a nfc device from user-space.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Linux kernel
- affected Linux kernel 5.18 rc6
References (1)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4071bf121d59944d5cd2238de0642f3d7995a997 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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