vulnerability
Arch Linux: Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2022-1015)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 29, 2022 | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 10, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 29, 2022
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Jun 10, 2026
Description
CVE-2022-1015 pertains to an out of bounds access in nf_tables expression evaluation due to validation of user register indices. It leads to local privilege escalation, for example by overwriting a stack return address OOB with a crafted nft_expr_payload. CVE-2022-1015 is exploitable starting from commit 345023b0db3 ("netfilter: nftables: add nft_parse_register_store() and use it"), v5.12 and has been fixed in commit 6e1acfa387b9 ("netfilter: nf_tables: validate registers coming from userspace.").
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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