CVE-2022-2078

Summary

CVECVE-2022-2078
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-06-30 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-26 17:06:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-121

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2096178 – (CVE-2022-2078) CVE-2022-2078 kernel: Vulnerability of buffer overflow in nft_set_desc_concat_parse() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5161-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160110 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-6610)
  • 160210 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-7683)
  • 179384 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-2078)
  • 198868 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5529-1)
  • 240680 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:6610)
  • 240682 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:6582)
  • 240815 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:7444)
  • 240817 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:7683)
  • 242890 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0724)
  • 353993 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-016
  • 354007 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-015
  • 354018 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-003
  • 354022 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-002
  • 354023 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-017
  • 354024 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-004
  • 354270 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2022-2022-114
  • 354468 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2022-2022-185
  • 354542 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2022-185
  • 355199 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2023-2023-070
  • 377117 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0158)
  • 6140092 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-qh58-qw34-j8wh)
  • 902416 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10024)
  • 902428 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10004)
  • 902639 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10004-1)
  • 902696 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10024-1)
  • 906222 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10024-2)
  • 906244 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10004-2)
  • 940681 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:6610)
  • 940697 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2022:6582)
  • 940732 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:7683)
  • 940766 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2022:7444)
  • 960176 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel-rt (RLSA-2022:7444)
  • 960184 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel (RLSA-2022:7683)
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