CVE-2022-2078

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-2078
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-06-30 13:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 13:17:20 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

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-121 | CWE-120 | CWE-121 CWE-121

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Kernel affected kernel 5.19 rc1 Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux Subsystem affected V1.1 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5161-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
2096178 – (CVE-2022-2078) CVE-2022-2078 kernel: Vulnerability of buffer overflow in nft_set_desc_concat_parse() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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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