CVE-2022-26878

Summary

CVECVE-2022-26878
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-11 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:45:00 UTC
Descriptiondrivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3 has a memory leak (socket buffers have memory allocated but not freed).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: virtio_bt: fix memory leak in virtbt_rx_handle() - Marcel Holtmann MISC lore.kernel.org
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.17 MISC cdn.kernel.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: virtio_bt: fix memory leak in virtbt_rx_handle() - Marcel Holtmann lore.kernel.org
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3 MISC cdn.kernel.org
oss-security - CVE-2022-26878: Memory leak in Linux VirtIO Bluetooth driver MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 184023 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-26878)
  • 198745 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5383-1)
  • 900765 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9054)
  • 901310 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9054-1)
  • 901694 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9066-1)
  • 906013 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9054-2)
  • 906407 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9066-2)
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