CVE-2022-2602: The Linux Kernel Organization linux

Use after free in linux

CVSS 5.3 MediumEPSS 0.014 · 73rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: canonical) at 8 Jan 2024, 17:56 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
The Linux Kernel Organization	linux Package name: linux	affected before 6.1~rc1 semver

Identifiers

CVE-2022-2602

CNA

canonical

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-416

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
5.3	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H	CNA (canonical)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.014, the 73rd percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 8 Jan 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5692-1 third-party-advisory
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5752-1 third-party-advisory
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5693-1 third-party-advisory
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2602 issue-tracking
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5691-1 third-party-advisory
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5700-1 third-party-advisory
packetstormsecurity.com/files/176533/Linux-Broken-Unix-GC-Interaction-Use-After-Free.html

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.