A vulnerability was found in the pfkey_register function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel.

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• debian debian linux10.0
• debian debian linux11.0
• debian debian linux9.0
• linux linux kernelbefore 5.17
• linux linux kernel5.17
• netapp h300e firmwareall versions
• netapp h300s firmwareall versions
• netapp h410c firmwareall versions
• netapp h410s firmwareall versions
• netapp h500e firmwareall versions
• netapp h500s firmwareall versions
• netapp h700e firmwareall versions
• netapp h700s firmwareall versions
• redhat enterprise linux8.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Linux kernel

  • before 4.9.311affected · semver
  • 4.10 and later · before 4.14.276affected · semver
  • 4.15 and later · before 4.19.238affected · semver
  • 4.20 and later · before 5.4.189affected · semver
  • 5.5 and later · before 5.10.110affected · semver
  • 5.11 and later · before 5.15.33affected · semver
  • 5.16 and later · before 5.16.19affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV
  89Now
• CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
  85Now
• CVE-2016-5195Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect haKEV
  83Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

• ← EarlierCVE-2022-1048Apr 29, 2022 · A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s sound subsystem in the way a user triggers concurrent calls of PCM hw_params.
  28Monitor
• ← EarlierCVE-2022-1195Apr 29, 2022 · A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in drivers/net/hamradio.
  22Monitor
• Later →CVE-2022-1015Apr 29, 2022 · A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in linux/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c of the netfilter subsystem.
  26Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.