CVE-2022-39190 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can cause a denial of service in the Linux kernel by binding to an already bound netfilter chain.

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-2022-39190?

CVE-2022-39190 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.6. A denial of service can occur upon binding to an already bound chain.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39190?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-39190?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2022-39190 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-10860, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39190, GHSA-fwfv-76hg-43mf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39190.

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