CVE-2022-2586

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-2586
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-01-08 18:15:44 UTC
Updated2026-08-20 14:17:08 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that a nft object or expression could reference a nft set on a different nft table, leading to a use-after-free once that table was deleted.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.104580000 probability, percentile 0.953870000 (date 2026-08-21)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2024-06-26; due 2024-07-17; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-416 | CWE-416 CWE-416

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
3.1CNACVSS5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorLinux
ProductKernel
NameLinux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
NotesThis vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q3/131; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2586

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA The Linux Kernel Organization Linux affected 3.16 4.14.316 semver Linux
CNA The Linux Kernel Organization Linux affected 4.15 4.19.256 semver Linux
CNA The Linux Kernel Organization Linux affected 4.20 5.4.211 semver Linux
CNA The Linux Kernel Organization Linux affected 5.5 5.10.137 semver Linux
CNA The Linux Kernel Organization Linux affected 5.11 5.15.61 semver Linux
CNA The Linux Kernel Organization Linux affected 5.16 5.18.18 semver Linux
CNA The Linux Kernel Organization Linux affected 5.19 5.19.2 semver Linux
ADP Linux Linux Kernel affected 6.0-rc1 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/use-after-free-vulnerability-linked-chain-betw... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vicarius.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
USN-5567-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
ZDI-22-1118 | Zero Day Initiative af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zerodayinitiative.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-5564-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[PATCH 1/3] netfilter: nf_tables: do not allow SET_ID to refer to another table af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lore.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch
USN-5560-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-5562-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-5582-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 www.cisa.gov US Government Resource
USN-5565-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-5566-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE - CVE-2022-2586 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cve.mitre.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2022-2586 - Linux kernel nf_tables cross-table reference UAF af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
USN-5560-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-5557-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Team Orca of Sea Security (@seasecresponse) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
ADP2024-06-26T00:00:00.000ZCVE-2022-2586 added to CISA KEV

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160106 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9827)
  • 160107 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9828)
  • 160108 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9829)
  • 160109 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9830)
  • 160210 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-7683)
  • 160270 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-8267)
  • 180938 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5207-1)
  • 181002 Debian Security Update for linux-5.10 (DLA 3102-1)
  • 181091 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3131-1)
  • 182513 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-2586)
  • 198891 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5560-1)
  • 198892 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5567-1)
  • 198894 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5566-1)
  • 198895 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5562-1)
  • 198896 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5565-1)
  • 198897 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) Vulnerabilities (USN-5564-1)
  • 198911 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure CVM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5582-1)
  • 240815 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:7444)
  • 240817 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:7683)
  • 240869 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:7933)
  • 240904 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:8267)
  • 242890 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0724)
  • 283034 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-9bbb1d9b7b)
  • 283035 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-484e226872)
  • 354060 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-035
  • 354081 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-036
  • 354082 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-008
  • 354084 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-020
  • 354439 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2022-2022-150
  • 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
  • 355545 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2023-2100
  • 355557 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2023-1773
  • 377012 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0036)
  • 377117 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0158)
  • 377871 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2023:0001)
  • 377891 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0002)
  • 6140022 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-j7qm-552q-93v3)
  • 6140134 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-j7qm-552q-93v3)
  • 672278 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2686)
  • 672286 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2654)
  • 672354 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2732)
  • 672391 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2767)
  • 672410 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2796)
  • 752708 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3704-1)
  • 752724 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3775-1)
  • 752750 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3844-1)
  • 753063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1)
  • 753095 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3585-1)
  • 753370 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3609-1)
  • 753374 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3809-1)
  • 755605 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0120-1)
  • 755606 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0117-1)
  • 940732 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:7683)
  • 940766 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2022:7444)
  • 940798 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:8267)
  • 940843 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2022:7933)
  • 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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