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medium 5.5

CVE-2022-1198 json

A use-after-free vulnerabilitity was discovered in drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c of linux that allows an attacker to crash linux kernel by s…

published 2022-08-29 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-24538

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerabilitity was discovered in drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c of linux that allows an attacker to crash linux kernel by simulating ax25 device using 6pack driver from user space.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.17
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.16.18-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1198

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-189.200
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-117.132
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1137.148
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1078.84
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1078.84
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1008.12

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1198

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:2615-1SUSE-SU-2022:2520-1SUSE-SU-2022:1407-1SUSE-SU-2022:1183-1SUSE-SU-2022:1163-1

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.67.1-4

azure linux advisories AZL-10791

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • linux Arch Linux 5.17.3.arch1-1
  • linux-zen Arch Linux 5.17.3.zen1-1
  • linux-hardened Arch Linux 5.17.5.hardened1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2698AVG-2699AVG-2700

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-1198 updated cvss 5.1

kernel: use-after-free in drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-075-01 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SCALANCE, RUGGEDCOM Third-Party

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) EU (6GK6108-4AM00-2BA2) <V7.2 Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) NAM (6GK6108-4AM00-2DA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M804PB (6GK5804-0AP00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M812-1 ADSL-Router (Annex A) (6GK5812-1AA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M812-1 ADSL-Router (Annex B) (6GK5812-1BA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M816-1 ADSL-Router (Annex A) (6GK5816-1AA00-2AA2) <V7.2
    +14 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE M816-1 ADSL-Router (Annex B) (6GK5816-1BA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M826-2 SHDSL-Router (6GK5826-2AB00-2AB2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M874-2 (6GK5874-2AA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M874-3 (6GK5874-3AA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-3 (EVDO) (6GK5876-3AA02-2BA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-3 (ROK) (6GK5876-3AA02-2EA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (6GK5876-4AA10-2BA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (EU) (6GK5876-4AA00-2BA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (NAM) (6GK5876-4AA00-2DA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE MUM853-1 (EU) (6GK5853-2EA00-2DA1) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE MUM856-1 (EU) (6GK5856-2EA00-3DA1) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE MUM856-1 (RoW) (6GK5856-2EA00-3AA1) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE S615 (6GK5615-0AA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE S615 EEC (6GK5615-0AA01-2AA2) <V7.2
    affected: fixed in V7.2 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/efe4186e6a1b54bf38b9e05450d43b0da1fd7739 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/02/3 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a kernel

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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