UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26878

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26878

    Published: 11 Mar 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-26878
    Aliases:
    USN-5383-1

    Summary:

    Details: drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3 has a memory leak (socket buffers have memory allocated but not freed).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-26878, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1d0688421449718c6c5f46e458a378c9b530ba18, https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/[email protected]/, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.17, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/11/1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5383-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26878

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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