Summary
Linux Kernel contains a flaw in the packet socket (AF_PACKET) implementation which could lead to incorrectly freeing memory. A local user could exploit this for denial-of-service (DoS) or possibly for privilege escalation.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to KEV
- Apr 11, 2022
- Remediation due
- May 2, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- EPSS
- 6.6% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References