CVE-2022-36879
Moderate
CVE-2022-36879
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.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
July 27, 2022
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
727 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-36879
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0007/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5207