Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-1016 - Missing Initialization of Resource vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
linux
redhat
CWE-909

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
5118
OS
Redhat
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)