CVE-2022-26878
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).
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-401
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/11/1
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.17
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1d0688421449718c6c5f46e458a378c9b530ba18
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/1A203F5E-FB5E-430C-BEA3-86B191D69D58%40holtmann.org/