CVE-2022-4128
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-11-28 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 01:27
Severity ?
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference issue was discovered in the Linux kernel in the MPTCP protocol when traversing the subflow list at disconnect time. A local user could use this flaw to potentially crash the system causing a denial of service.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c835bb142d4Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220708233610.410786-2-mathew.j.martineau%40linux.intel.com/
Impacted products
n/aLinux kernel (mptcp)
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