CVE-2022-42703 (GCVE-0-2022-42703)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 13:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.7 has a use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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