High 7.8Published Aug 24, 2022

CVE-2022-2978A 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.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:50 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: redhat
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	before V1.1	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 2.6.12 before 4.9.331; from 4.10 before 4.14.296; from 4.15 before 4.19.262; from 4.20 before 5.4.218; from 5.5 before 5.10.148; from 5.11 before 5.15.73; from 5.16 before 5.19.15; from 6.0 before 6.0.1	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	10.0	NVD

References

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20220816040859.659129-1-dzm91%40hust.edu.cn/T/#u
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.htmlmailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html

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