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CVE-2022-49561

critical · 9.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: conntrack: re-fetch conntrack after insertion In case the conntrack is clashing, insertion can free skb->_nfct and set skb->_nfct to the already-confirmed entry. This wasn't found before because the conntrack entry and the extension space used to free'd after an rcu grace period, plus the race needs events enabled to trigger.

9.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
56th
EPSS percentile
2025-02-26
Published

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.7, < 4.14.282
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15, < 4.19.246
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20, < 5.4.197
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5, < 5.10.120
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11, < 5.15.45
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16, < 5.17.13
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.18, < 5.18.2

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References

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