CVE-2022-49919

HIGH EPSS 2.9%
Published May 1, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.0 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published May 1, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: release flow rule object from commit path No need to postpone this to the commit release path, since no packets are walking over this object, this is accessed from control plane only. This helped uncovered UAF triggered by races with the netlink notifier.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.0
Exploitability
1.0
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
2.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-362
CWE-416 Use After Free Memory Safety

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.4.198  –  <5.4.224
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.10.122  –  <5.10.154
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.15.47  –  <5.15.78
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.17.15  –  <5.18
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.18.4  –  <6.0.8
linuxlinux_kernel6.1any
linuxlinux_kernel6.1any
linuxlinux_kernel6.1any

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26b5934ff4194e13196bedcba373cd4915071d0e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab6f96444e936f5e4a936d5c0bc948144bcded3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6044791b7be707fd0e709f26e961a446424e5051
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74fd5839467054cd9c4d050614d3ee8788386171
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2d7a92aff0fbd93c29d2aa6451fb99f050e2c4e
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26b5934ff4194e13196bedcba373cd4915071d0e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab6f96444e936f5e4a936d5c0bc948144bcded3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6044791b7be707fd0e709f26e961a446424e5051
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74fd5839467054cd9c4d050614d3ee8788386171
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2d7a92aff0fbd93c29d2aa6451fb99f050e2c4e
    Patch