Description
A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function vsock_connect of the file net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211930 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.211930
Third Party Advisory signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.211930
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next.git/commit/?id=7e97cfed9929eaabc41829c395eb0d1350fccb9d
Scores
CVSS v3
2.6
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
18.8%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
linux/linux_kernel
Published
Oct 21, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026