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GHSA-wwxv-fc92-xrw3
GHSA-wwxv-fc92-xrw3
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published July 28, 2022
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice.
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
- Jul 28, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36879 advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 url
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901 fix
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00011.html advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0007 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5207 advisory