Updated: 2026-02-27 01:04:37.238721
Description:
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.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | HIGH | 7.2 |
| CVSS Version 3.x | HIGH | 7.8 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux-hwe | 4.15.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Released | CLSA-2022:1664906081 | 2022-10-04 14:02:50 | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux | 4.4.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Released | CLSA-2022:1667414297 | 2022-11-02 17:05:32 | |
| Ubuntu 18.04 ELS | linux | 4.15.0 | 7.8 | HIGH | Released | 2024-01-22 08:40:34 |