Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 28, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-48641

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: ebtables: fix memory leak when blob is malformed

The bug fix was incomplete, it "replaced" crash with a memory leak. The old code had an assignment to "ret" embedded into the conditional, restore this.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernel3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.14.292,<4.14.295
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 4.14.292
osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 4.14.292, < 4.14.295

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/11ebf32fde46572b0aaf3c2bdd97d923ef5a03abnvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e98318af2f163eadaff815abcef38d27ca92c1envdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/38cf372b17f0a5f35c1b716a100532d539f0eb33nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ce44c4fff947eebdf10bb582267e686e6835c9nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/754e8b74281dd54a324698803483f47cf3355ae1nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5917b7af7cae0e2804f9d127a03268035098b7fnvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd97dbe3c55d68346b9c5fb00634a7f5b10bbeenvdPatch

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