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Red Hat: CVE-2022-1016: uninitialized registers on stack in nft_do_chain can cause kernel pointer leakage to UM (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-1016: uninitialized registers on stack in nft_do_chain can cause kernel pointer leakage to UM (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/29/2022
Created
11/10/2022
Added
11/09/2022
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:nft_do_chain, which can cause a use-after-free. This issue needs to handle 'return' with proper preconditions, as it can lead to a kernel information leak problem caused by a local, unprivileged attacker.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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