github - ghsa-6rrc-7vqp-364c

ghsa-6rrc-7vqp-364c

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-01-27 00:01

Modified

2025-10-22 00:32

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

A double free bug in packet_set_ring() in net/packet/af_packet.c can be exploited by a local user through crafted syscalls to escalate privileges or deny service. We recommend upgrading kernel past the effected versions or rebuilding past ec6af094ea28f0f2dda1a6a33b14cd57e36a9755

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  "id": "GHSA-6rrc-7vqp-364c",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T00:32:28Z",
  "published": "2022-01-27T00:01:13Z",
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CVE-2021-22600 (GCVE-0-2021-22600)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-01-26 00:00

Modified

2025-10-21 23:15

Severity ?

6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

CWE

CWE-415 - Double Free

Summary

A double free bug in packet_set_ring() in net/packet/af_packet.c can be exploited by a local user through crafted syscalls to escalate privileges or deny service. We recommend upgrading kernel past the effected versions or rebuilding past ec6af094ea28f0f2dda1a6a33b14cd57e36a9755

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=ec6af094ea28f0f2dda1a6a33b14cd57e36a9755
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html	mailing-list
	https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096	vendor-advisory
	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230110-0002/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Linux Kernel	Kernel	Version: unspecified < 5.4.168 Version: unspecified < 5.10.88 Version: unspecified < 5.15.11 Version: unspecified < 5.16-rc6

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