CVE-2022-41218
Moderate
CVE-2022-41218
In drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.10, there is a use-after-free caused by refcount races, affecting dvb_demux_open and dvb_dmxdev_release.
Exploit probability
0.8%
Published
September 21, 2022
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-41218
View original source
In drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.10, there is a use-after-free caused by refcount races, affecting dvb_demux_open and dvb_dmxdev_release.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/23/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/24/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/24/2
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fd3d91ab1c6ab0628fe642dd570b56302c30a792
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908132754.30532-1-tiwai%40suse.de/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5324