CVE-2022-48933
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.4-5.16 - Use-After-Free in Netfilter Stateful Object Update
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update stateful objects can be updated from the control plane. The transaction logic allocates a temporary object for this purpose. The ->init function was called for this object, so plain kfree() leaks resources. We must call ->destroy function of the object. nft_obj_destroy does this, but it also decrements the module refcount, but the update path doesn't increment it. To avoid special-casing the update object release, do module_get for the update case too and release it via nft_obj_destroy().
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
11.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.26linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 5.16.12linux
linux/Kernel
5.4.0 - 5.4.182linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.103linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.4
Linux/Linux
5.10.103 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.26 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.16.12 - 5.16.*
Linux/Linux
5.17
Linux/Linux
5.4
... and 7 more
Published
Aug 22, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026