Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

40 Linux Kernel CVEs in August 2022

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In August 2022, 40 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 15 were rated High severity and 25 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. August's 40 CVEs represent 13% of all 2022 Linux kernel CVEs , up from July's 12 (a 233% month-over-month increase) .

40
Total CVEs
0
Critical
15
High
25
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — August 2022 40 CVEs
All (40) Critical (0) High (15) Medium (25) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2022-1043 linux High 8.8 2022-08-29 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s io_uring implementation. This flaw allows an attacker with a local account to co…
CVE-2022-1976 linux High 7.8 2022-08-31 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of IO-URING. This flaw allows an attacker with local executable p…
CVE-2021-4037 linux High 7.8 2022-08-24 A vulnerability was found in the fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() function logic of the LInux kernel that allows local use…
CVE-2021-4028 linux High 7.8 2022-08-24 A flaw in the Linux kernel's implementation of RDMA communications manager listener code allowed an attacker with local…
CVE-2022-2978 linux High 7.8 2022-08-24 A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_…
CVE-2022-2938 linux High 7.8 2022-08-23 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Pressure Stall Information. While the feature is disabled by d…
CVE-2022-1199 linux High 7.5 2022-08-29 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows an attacker to crash the Linux kernel by simulating amateur radi…
CVE-2022-0400 linux High 7.5 2022-08-29 An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in linux kernel in the smc protocol stack, causing remote dos.
CVE-2022-0850 linux High 7.1 2022-08-29 A vulnerability was found in linux kernel, where an information leak occurs via ext4_extent_header to userspace.
CVE-2021-4204 linux High 7.1 2022-08-24 An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's eBPF due to an Improper Input Validation. Thi…
CVE-2022-1973 linux High 7.1 2022-08-05 A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal. This flaw al…
CVE-2022-2590 linux High 7.0 2022-08-31 A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of p…
CVE-2022-3028 linux High 7.0 2022-08-31 A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem) when multiple c…
CVE-2022-2961 linux High 7.0 2022-08-29 A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s PLP Rose functionality in the way a user triggers a race conditio…
CVE-2022-2959 linux High 7.0 2022-08-25 A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's watch queue due to a missing lock in pipe_resize_ring(). The specific …

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2022?

40 Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2022, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 15 High, and 25 Medium.

How does August 2022 compare to other months?

August 2022's 40 CVEs represent 13% of all 2022 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to July's 12 CVEs, this was a 233% increase month-over-month. View the full 2022 breakdown →

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