CVE-2022-3544

Linux Kernel Netfilter sysfs.c damon_sysfs_add_target memory leak

At a glance

Severity: LOW 3.5
EPSS: EPSS 0.28 % · percentile 20 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-10-17
Updated: 2025-04-15
Assigner: VulDB
NVD status: Modified

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel. Affected is the function damon_sysfs_add_target of the file mm/damon/sysfs.c of the component Netfilter. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211044.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	LOW 3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	VulDB
CVSS 3.1	LOW 3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	NVD · cna@vuldb.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-404

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-42910
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-3544

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0027 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 6.0
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

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