CVE-2022-3543

Linux Kernel BPF af_unix.c unix_release_sock memory leak

At a glance

Severity
LOW 3.5
EPSS
EPSS 0.28 % · percentile 20 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
VulDB
NVD status
Modified

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel. This issue affects the function unix_sock_destructor/unix_release_sock of the file net/unix/af_unix.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211043.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LVulDB
CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LNVD · cna@vuldb.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Kernelaffected n/a

References

Sources

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