cvelist/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2978.json

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    "data_format": "MITRE",
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        "ID": "CVE-2022-2978",
        "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Kernel",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "Linux kernel 6.0-rc3"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
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    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-416"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20220816040859.659129-1-dzm91@hust.edu.cn/T/#u",
                "url": "https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20220816040859.659129-1-dzm91@hust.edu.cn/T/#u"
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    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
            }
        ]
    }
}