{"id":"CVE-2022-49622","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-49622","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:08:24.011Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: avoid skb access on nf_stolen When verdict is NF_STOLEN, the skb might have been freed.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_tables: avoid skb access on nf_stolen\n\nWhen verdict is NF_STOLEN, the skb might have been freed.\n\nWhen tracing is enabled, this can result in a use-after-free:\n1. access to skb->nf_trace\n2. access to skb->mark\n3. computation of trace id\n4. dump of packet payload\n\nTo avoid 1, keep a cached copy of skb->nf_trace in the\ntrace state struct.\nRefresh this copy whenever verdict is != STOLEN.\n\nAvoid 2 by skipping skb->mark access if verdict is STOLEN.\n\n3 is avoided by precomputing the trace id.\n\nOnly dump the packet when verdict is not \"STOLEN\".","published":"2025-02-26T07:01:38.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:18:39.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00255,"percentile":0.16897,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0016d5d46d7440729a3132f61a8da3bf7f84e2ba","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e34b9ed96ce3b06c79bf884009b16961ca478f87","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49622","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}