What is CVE-2022-3606?

CVE-2022-3606 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2022-3606 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3606?

CVE-2022-3606 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:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-3606?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-3606. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-3606 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-3606 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-3606

Medium

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function find_prog_by_sec_insn of the file tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211749 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-10-19

Last modified 2025-11-03

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

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-404

CVE-2022-3606 is classified as CWE-404

See CWE-404 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-3606 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Vuldb
https://vuldb.com/?id.211749

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00033.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/commit/?id=d0d382f95a9270dcf803539d6781d6bd67e3f5b2
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-3606

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-10-19

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3606?

CVE-2022-3606 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2022-3606 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3606?

CVE-2022-3606 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:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-3606?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-3606. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-3606 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-3606 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.