Double Refcount Drop Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

Double Refcount Drop Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-36879 · MEDIUM Severity

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

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice.

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