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CVE-2022-36879
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.32%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% 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 5.5.
Weakness
- n/a
- NVD-CWE-Other
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-5207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0007/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220911 [SECURITY] [DLA 3102-1] linux-5.10 new package (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221002 [SECURITY] [DLA 3131-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-419740.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html (opens in a new tab)
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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