VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2022-48641
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ebtables: fix memory leak when blob is malformed The bug fix was incomplete, it "replaced" crash with a memory leak.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.24%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ebtables: fix memory leak when blob is malformed The bug fix was incomplete, it "replaced" crash with a memory leak. The old code had an assignment to "ret" embedded into the conditional, restore this.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11ebf32fde46572b0aaf3c2bdd97d923ef5a03abPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e98318af2f163eadaff815abcef38d27ca92c1ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38cf372b17f0a5f35c1b716a100532d539f0eb33Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ce44c4fff947eebdf10bb582267e686e6835c9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/754e8b74281dd54a324698803483f47cf3355ae1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5917b7af7cae0e2804f9d127a03268035098b7fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd97dbe3c55d68346b9c5fb00634a7f5b10bbeePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11ebf32fde46572b0aaf3c2bdd97d923ef5a03abPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e98318af2f163eadaff815abcef38d27ca92c1ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38cf372b17f0a5f35c1b716a100532d539f0eb33Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ce44c4fff947eebdf10bb582267e686e6835c9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/754e8b74281dd54a324698803483f47cf3355ae1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5917b7af7cae0e2804f9d127a03268035098b7fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd97dbe3c55d68346b9c5fb00634a7f5b10bbeePatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.