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CVE-2022-1016

CVSS v3.1 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (16th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 61
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:nft_do_chain, which can cause a use-after-free. This issue needs to handle 'return' with proper preconditions, as it can lead to a kernel information leak problem caused by a local, unprivileged attacker.

Weaknesses
CWE-824
Access of Uninitialized Pointer
CWE-909
Missing Initialization of Resource
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2022-08-29 15:15:10
(2 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-06-27 15:47:56
(14 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Redhat

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 3.12 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 3.12
  Linux Kernel from 3.13 version and 5.17 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.13 <= 5.17
  Linux Kernel 3.13 Rc1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.13:rc1

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0