Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.2-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-5425134
  • published17 Apr 2023
  • disclosed22 Oct 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.2-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime via the function parse_usdt_arg of the file tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c of the component BPF. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible by manipulation of the argument reg_name

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1