CVE-2022-3543

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.0

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel. This issue affects the function unix_sock_destructor/unix_release_sock of the file net/unix/af_unix.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211043.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

arch Arch Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
Fixed 6.2-1
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 6.0.3-1
sid Fixed 6.0.3-1
forky Fixed 6.0.3-1
bullseye Fixed 0
bookworm Fixed 6.0.3-1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.