VYPR
High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-2978

CVE-2022-2978

Description

A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_alloc to fail with following call to function nilfs_mdt_destroy. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

275

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

2

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.