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GHSA-7rp6-p829-5x6w
GHSA-7rp6-p829-5x6w
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published March 12, 2022
drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3 has a memory leak (socket buffers have memory allocated but not freed).
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- Mar 12, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.17 url
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1d0688421449718c6c5f46e458a378c9b530ba18 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/11/1 url
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/1A203F5E-FB5E-430C-BEA3-86B191D69D58%40holtmann.org url
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/1A203F5E-FB5E-430C-BEA3-86B191D69D58@holtmann.org url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26878 advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3 url