CVE-2022-49919CWE-362CWE-416

CVE-2022-49919

High · published May 1, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

netfilter: nf_tables: release flow rule object from commit path

No need to postpone this to the commit release path, since no packets

are walking over this object, this is accessed from control plane only.

This helped uncovered UAF triggered by races with the netlink notifier.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00159 · 4.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition'); CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2025-05-01T19:16Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.4.198, < 5.4.2245.4.224
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.10.122, < 5.10.1545.10.154
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.15.47, < 5.15.785.15.78
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.17.15, < 5.185.18
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.18.4, < 6.0.86.0.8
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 14:10Z
    netfilter: nf_tables: release flow rule object from commit path
    cvelistv5