What is CVE-2022-1016?

CVE-2022-1016 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Access of Uninitialized Pointer flaw (CWE-824). CVE-2022-1016 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-1016?

CVE-2022-1016 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-1016?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-1016. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-1016 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-1016 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/824.html

CVE-2022-1016

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-08-29

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type

CWE-824

CVE-2022-1016 is a Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability

What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-1016 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Blog
http://blog.dbouman.nl/2022/04/02/How-The-Tables-Have-Turned-CVE-2022-1015-1016/

Exploit Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1016

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066614

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Seclists
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/205

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-1016

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-08-29

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1016?

CVE-2022-1016 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Access of Uninitialized Pointer flaw (CWE-824) . CVE-2022-1016 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-1016?

CVE-2022-1016 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-1016?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-1016. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-1016 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-1016 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)?

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialised, leading to undefined behaviour. View CWE-824 on MITRE CWE →