Use After Free Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.98.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
1.05% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELSYMS-3085161
  • published27 Oct 2022
  • disclosed26 Oct 2022

Introduced: 26 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-2586  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-syms to version 5.3.18-150300.59.98.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-syms package and not the kernel-syms package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that a nft object or expression could reference a nft set on a different nft table, leading to a use-after-free once that table was deleted.

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