CVE-2022-0322 Denial of service in kernel
A local user can trigger a kernel crash in the SCTP protocol implementation, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-0322?
CVE-2022-0322 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 25 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in the sctp_make_strreset_req function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP network protocol in the Linux kernel with a local user privilege access. In this flaw, an attempt to use more buffer than is allocated triggers a BUG_ON issue, leading to a denial of service (DOS).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0322?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Exposure Function, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0322?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-0322 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0322 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0322, GHSA-g6mc-765r-fwwj, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0322.