vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2022-27666: CVE-2022-27666 kernel: buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 23, 2022 | Jun 1, 2022 | Sep 29, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 23, 2022
Added
Jun 1, 2022
Modified
Sep 29, 2025
Description
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
References
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