CVE-2022-50213 netfilter: nf_tables: do not allow SET_ID to refer to another table

What is CVE-2022-50213?

CVE-2022-50213 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: do not allow SET_ID to refer to another table

When doing lookups for sets on the same batch by using its ID, a set from a different table can be used.

Then, when the table is removed, a reference to the set may be kept after the set is freed, leading to a potential use-after-free.

When looking for sets by ID, use the table that was used for the lookup by name, and only return sets belonging to that same table.

This fixes CVE-2022-2586, also reported as ZDI-CAN-17470.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50213?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50213?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-50213 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50213 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50213, GHSA-j95h-gr5v-mg6j, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50213, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50213.