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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-26878

CVE-2022-26878

Description

drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3 has a memory leak (socket buffers have memory allocated but not freed).

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Affected products

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Linux/Kernel3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.13,<5.15.17
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <5.16.3

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References

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www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/11/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/1A203F5E-FB5E-430C-BEA3-86B191D69D58%40holtmann.org/nvdPatch
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.17nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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