CVE-2022-41848

drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a PCMCIA device while calling ioctl, aka a race condition between mgslpc_ioctl and mgslpc_detach.

Score

CVSS 3.1 4.2 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2022-09-30

Last modified

2025-05-20

Weaknesses

CWE-362, CWE-416

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c
• https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220919040251.GA302541%40ubuntu/T/#rc85e751f467b3e6f9ccef92cfa7fb8a6cc50c270