CVE-2022-2586 (GCVE-0-2022-2586)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-08 17:46 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
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Vendor Product Version
The Linux Kernel Organization linux Affected: 0 , < 6.0~rc1 (semver)
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Credits
Team Orca of Sea Security (@seasecresponse) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
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