CVE-2022-48642

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the nf tables addchain() function of the Linux kernel's nf tables component. This leak occurs when the nft chain offload priority() function returns an error, which started happening after a specific commit that mapped base chain priority to hardware priority. The memory leak can lead to a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.