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CVE-2022-3533

Published: 17 October 2022

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function parse_usdt_arg of the file tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c of the component BPF. The manipulation of the argument reg_name leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211031.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
introduced by:
https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/commit/557499a13ede6ea86883d070af06621fe990572f
introduced in 0.8.0

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libbpf
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(0.5.0-1~ubuntu20.04.1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(0.5.0-1)
kinetic
Released (0.8.0-1ubuntu22.10.1)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/commit/881a10980b7ded995da5d9cc1919992c36c9d2be

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.7
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H