UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1679
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=ath-next&id=0ac4827f78c7ffe8eef074bc010e7e34bc22f533
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/t/
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f158608e209a6f45c76ec856474a796df93d9dcf.1652553719.git.paskripkin@gmail.com/T/#u
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1679
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5500-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5505-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5513-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5517-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5529-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5544-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5560-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5560-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5562-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5564-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5566-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5582-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1679