CVE-2022-2978: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.12, before 4.9.331 (fixed in 4.9.331); from 4.10, before 4.14.296 (fixed in 4.14.296); from 4.15, before 4.19.262 (fixed in 4.19.262); from 4.20, before 5.4.218 (fixed in 5.4.218); from 5.5, before 5.10.148 (fixed in 5.10.148); from 5.11, before 5.15.73 (fixed in 5.15.73); …

Published 2022-08-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.