CVE-2022-2078

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    CVE-2022-2078

    Published: 30 Jun 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code.

    References: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c?id=fecf31ee395b0295f2d7260aa29946b7605f7c85, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2078.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2078, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2096178

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f2906aa863381afb0015a9eb7fefad885d4e5a56
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    kernel 5.19 rc1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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