CVE-2022-1016 Information

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:nft_do_chain which can cause a use-after-free. This issue needs to handle ‘return’ with proper preconditions as it can lead to a kernel information leak problem caused by a local unprivileged attacker.

Reference

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/205 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066614 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1016 http://blog.dbouman.nl/2022/04/02/How-The-Tables-Have-Turned-CVE-2022-1015-1016/