What is CVE-2022-34494?

CVE-2022-34494 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2022-34494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-34494?

CVE-2022-34494 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-34494?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-34494. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-34494 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-34494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-34494

Medium

rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev in drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c in the Linux kernel before 5.18.4 has a double free.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-06-26

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-415

CVE-2022-34494 is classified as CWE-415

See CWE-415 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-34494 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.4
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1680939e9ecf7764fba8689cfb3429c2fe2bb23c
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-34494

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-06-26

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34494?

CVE-2022-34494 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2022-34494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-34494?

CVE-2022-34494 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-34494?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-34494. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-34494 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-34494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.