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CVE-2022-3636
Linux Kernel Ethernet mtk_ppe.c __mtk_ppe_check_skb use after free
Medium5.1EPSS 0.36%
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- VulDB
Description
A vulnerability was identified in Linux Kernel 33fc42de33278b2b3ec6f3390512987bc29a62b7. This affects the function __mtk_ppe_check_skb of the file drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe.c of the component Ethernet Handler. Such manipulation leads to use after free. The name of the patch is 17a5f6a78dc7b8db385de346092d7d9f9dc24df6. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. No released Linux Kernel version was ever affected by this CVE.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
References (7)
- VDB-211935 | Linux Kernel Ethernet mtk_ppe.c __mtk_ppe_check_skb use after free (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-211935 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2022-3636 | CVE Analysis and Report (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pabeni/net-next.git/commit/?id=17a5f6a78dc7b8db385de346092d7d9f9dc24df6 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/ (opens in a new tab)product
- https://vuldb.com/?id.211935 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- DSA-5333 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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