CVE-2022-1974: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.1. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFC core functionality due to a race condition between kobject creation and delete. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege to leak kernel information.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 5.18 only

Published 2022-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.