CVE-2022-3543

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (5.5) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel. This issue affects the function unix_sock_destructor/unix_release_sock of the file net/unix/af_unix.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211043.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

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 20% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-401, CWE-404
Published: 2022-10-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

linux:linux_kernel

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/commit/?id=7a62ed61367b8fd01bae1e18e30602c25060d824
https://vuldb.com/?id.211043
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/commit/?id=7a62ed61367b8fd01bae1e18e30602c25060d824
https://vuldb.com/?id.211043

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