Heap Out-of-Bounds Write Privilege Escalation in Linux Kernel's nf_dup_netdev.c

Heap Out-of-Bounds Write Privilege Escalation in Linux Kernel's nf_dup_netdev.c

CVE-2022-25636 · HIGH Severity

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

net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c in the Linux kernel 5.4 through 5.6.10 allows local users to gain privileges because of a heap out-of-bounds write. This is related to nf_tables_offload.

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