A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:nft_do_chain, which can cause a use-after-free. This issue needs to handle 'return' with proper preconditions, as it can lead to a kernel information leak problem caused by a local, unprivileged attacker.
CVE-2022-1016
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.0%, top 97% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 34.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 29, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (8)
- secalert@redhathttp://blog.dbouman.nl/2022/04/02/How-The-Tables-Have-Turned-CVE-2022-1015-1016/
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1016
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066614
- secalert@redhathttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/205
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.dbouman.nl/2022/04/02/How-The-Tables-Have-Turned-CVE-2022-1015-1016/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1016
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066614
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/205
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-1016(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:0412Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:8267Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2022:7683Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(16)
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Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(14)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-10162022-09-09
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:nft_do_chain which can cause a use-after-free. This issue needs to handle 'return' with proper preconditions as it can lead to a kernel information leak problem caused by a local unprivileged attacker.
- Red HatRHSA-2022:7444MODERATE2022-03-28
RHSA-2022:7444 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:7933MODERATE2022-03-28
RHSA-2022:7933 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4137MODERATE2022-03-28
RHSA-2023:4137 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4138MODERATE2022-03-28
RHSA-2023:4138 — Moderate
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