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HistoryAug 30, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Linux kernel vulnerability

2022-08-3000:00:00
ubuntu.com
51

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

21.5%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • linux - Linux kernel

Details

Zhenpeng Lin discovered that the network packet scheduler implementation in
the Linux kernel did not properly remove all references to a route filter
before freeing it in some situations. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.