Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-25636  

An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in nft_fwd_dup_netdev_offload in net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c in the netfilter subcomponent in the Linux kernel due to a heap out-of-bounds write problem. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user account on the system to gain access to out-of-bounds memory, leading to a system crash or a privilege escalation threat.

Severity High

Remote No

Type Privilege escalation

Description

An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in nft_fwd_dup_netdev_offload in net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c in the netfilter subcomponent in the Linux kernel due to a heap out-of-bounds write problem. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user account on the system to gain access to out-of-bounds memory, leading to a system crash or a privilege escalation threat.

AVG-2653 linux 5.4.0-1 5.16.12.arch4-1 High Fixed

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a5983f56e371046dcf164f90bfaf704d2b89f6
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/21/2