CVE-2022-3176 (GCVE-0-2022-3176)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-16 13:55 – Updated: 2025-04-21 13:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Use-after-free in io_uring in Linux Kernel
Summary
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Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-21 13:36 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
5 references
Impacted products
Date Public
2022-08-31 00:00
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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