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GHSA-XG42-33MC-4587

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-14 21:32 – Updated: 2025-04-14 21:32

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: memleak flow rule from commit path

Abort path release flow rule object, however, commit path does not. Update code to destroy these objects before releasing the transaction.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2022-49358 (GCVE-0-2022-49358)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-26 02:11 – Updated: 2026-05-11 18:58

Title

netfilter: nf_tables: memleak flow rule from commit path

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: memleak flow rule from commit path Abort path release flow rule object, however, commit path does not. Update code to destroy these objects before releasing the transaction.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Assigner

Linux

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b8d63489c3b701eb…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/330c0c6cd2150a2d7…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e33d9bd563e71f6c6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80de9ea1f5b808a66…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab9f34a30c23f656e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dd732e0bdf538b1b…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b , < 5b8d63489c3b701eb2a76f848ec94d8cbc9373b9 (git) Affected: c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b , < 330c0c6cd2150a2d7f47af16aa590078b0d2f736 (git) Affected: c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b , < e33d9bd563e71f6c6528b96008d65524a459c4dc (git) Affected: c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b , < 80de9ea1f5b808a6601e91111fae601df2b26369 (git) Affected: c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b , < ab9f34a30c23f656e76f4c5b83125a4e7b53c86e (git) Affected: c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b , < 9dd732e0bdf538b1b76dc7c157e2b5e560ff30d3 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.3 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.3 (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.198 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.122 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.47 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.17.15 , ≤ 5.17.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.18.4 , ≤ 5.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2022-49358 (GCVE-0-2022-49358)

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