UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3543

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3543

    Published: 17 Oct 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-3543
    Aliases:
    USN-5793-1
    USN-5793-2
    USN-5793-3

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel. This issue affects the function unix_sock_destructor/unix_release_sock of the file net/unix/af_unix.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211043.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3543, https://git.kernel.org/linus/7a62ed61367b8fd01bae1e18e30602c25060d824, 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5851-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5860-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5876-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5877-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3543

    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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