SB2022112974 - Denial of service in Linux kernel IPsec
Published: November 29, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022112974
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3629)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the vsock_connect() function in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c in Linux kernel IPSec implementation. A local user can force the system to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.