Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.19-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3355205
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed7 Mar 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Mar 2023

CVE-2022-1972  (opens in a new tab)
CVE-2022-2078  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.19-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function.

Note: CVE-2022-1972 is a duplicate of CVE-2022-2078

CVSS Base Scores

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