CVE-2022-3526

Linux Kernel skb macvlan.c macvlan_handle_frame memory leak

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 5.3
EPSS: EPSS 1.18 % · percentile 67 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-10-16
Updated: 2025-04-14
Assigner: VulDB
NVD status: Modified

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel. This vulnerability affects the function macvlan_handle_frame of the file drivers/net/macvlan.c of the component skb. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be initiated remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211024.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	VulDB
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	NVD · cna@vuldb.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-42892
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-3526

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2022-AVI-1125 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2022-AVI-1044 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2022-AVI-1035 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.13 < 5.15.35
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.16 < 5.17.4

Affected products

Product	Versions
Linux · Kernel	affected n/a

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD