CVE-2022-3606

Linux Kernel BPF libbpf.c find_prog_by_sec_insn null pointer dereference

At a glance

Severity: LOW 3.5
EPSS: EPSS 0.35 % · percentile 29 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-14
Assigner: VulDB
NVD status: Modified

Description

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function find_prog_by_sec_insn of the file tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211749 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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-2022-42969
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-3606

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0453 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2023-AVI-0243 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2023-AVI-0148 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 6.2

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