CVE-2022-3606

2022-12-2011:34:46

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cve-2022-3606

libbpf

null pointer

denial of service

red hat

mitigation

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

12.7%

JSON

A flaw was found in libbpf. When there are no program sections, obj->programs is left unallocated, causing a NULL pointer dereference in the following access to prog->sec_idx in find_prog_by_sec_insn. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.