{"cve":"CVE-2022-49911","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T15:16:16.260","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:29.653","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: ipset: enforce documented limit to prevent allocating huge memory\n\nDaniel Xu reported that the hash:net,iface type of the ipset subsystem does\nnot limit adding the same network with different interfaces to a set, which\ncan lead to huge memory usage or allocation failure.\n\nThe quick reproducer is\n\n$ ipset create ACL.IN.ALL_PERMIT hash:net,iface hashsize 1048576 timeout 0\n$ for i in $(seq 0 100); do /sbin/ipset add ACL.IN.ALL_PERMIT 0.0.0.0/0,kaf_$i timeout 0 -exist; done\n\nThe backtrace when vmalloc fails:\n\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] ipset: vmalloc error: size 1073741848, exceeds total pages\n        <...>\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] Call Trace:\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022]  <TASK>\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022]  dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x60\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022]  warn_alloc+0x155/0x180\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022]  __vmalloc_node_range+0x72a/0x760\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022]  ? hash_netiface4_add+0x7c0/0xb20\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022]  ? __kmalloc_large_node+0x4a/0x90\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022]  kvmalloc_node+0xa6/0xd0\n        [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022]  ? hash_netiface4_resize+0x99/0x710\n        <...>\n\nThe fix is to enforce the limit documented in the ipset(8) manpage:\n\n>  The internal restriction of the hash:net,iface set type is that the same\n>  network prefix cannot be stored with more than 64 different interfaces\n>  in a single set.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42d20d5e24575c9afa2d66d9a51e7386db9514f5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/510841da1fcc16f702440ab58ef0b4d82a9056b7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a37ef32fe5956fe9248df68f6a61997845ba047e"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49911","score":0.00185,"percentile":0.08169,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}