Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-1678

Medium

Published: 25 May 2022

Published
25 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0152 81.6th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-1678 is a medium-severity Improper Update of Reference Count (CWE-911) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 18.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in the Linux Kernel from 4.18 to 4.19, an improper update of sock reference in TCP pacing can lead to memory/netns leak, which can be used by remote clients.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

linux
linux kernel
4.18 — 4.19
netapp
active iq unified manager
all versions
netapp
cloud volumes ontap mediator
all versions
netapp
e-series santricity os controller
11.0 — 11.70.2
netapp
element software
all versions
netapp
hci management node
all versions
netapp
solidfire
all versions
netapp
storagegrid
all versions
netapp
bootstrap os
all versions
netapp
h300s firmware
all versions
+7 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References