CVE-2022-1016

medium

Description

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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1016

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066614

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/205

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-08-29

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium