CVE-2022-48641

netfilter: ebtables: fix memory leak when blob is malformed

published April 28, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

netfilter: ebtables: fix memory leak when blob is malformed

The bug fix was incomplete, it "replaced" crash with a memory leak.

The old code had an assignment to "ret" embedded into the conditional,

restore this.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00238 · 14.1th percentile
Published
2024-04-28T12:59Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 APR 12:59Z
    netfilter: ebtables: fix memory leak when blob is malformed
    cvelistv5