UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3541

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3541

    Published: 17 Oct 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-3541
    Aliases:
    USN-5793-1
    USN-5793-2
    USN-5793-3

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel. This affects the function spl2sw_nvmem_get_mac_address of the file drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_driver.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to use after free. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211041 was assigned to this vulnerability.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3541, https://git.kernel.org/linus/12aece8b01507a2d357a1861f470e83621fbb6f2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5793-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5793-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5793-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5793-4, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3541

    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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