CVE-2022-3526 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel. This vulnerability affects the function macvlan_handle_frame of the file drivers/net/macvlan.c of the component skb. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be initiated remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211024.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pabeni/net-next.git/commit/?id=e16b859872b87650bb55b12cca5a5fcdc49c1442
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3526
https://vuldb.com/?id.211024
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3526

History

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-14T15:58:29.131Z

Reserved: 2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3526

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:01.564Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-16T19:15:09.770

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:19:42.720

Link: CVE-2022-3526

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-04-13T06:30:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-3526 - Bugzilla

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