Bug 2161310 (CVE-2022-3545) - CVE-2022-3545 kernel: A flaw leading to a use-after-free in area_cache_get()
Summary: CVE-2022-3545 kernel: A flaw leading to a use-after-free in area_cache_get()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-3545
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2161314 2161315 2161316 2161317
Blocks: 2161308
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Reported: 2023-01-16 15:14 UTC by Rohit Keshri
Modified: 2023-01-17 19:42 UTC (History)
37 users (show)

Fixed In Version: Kernel 6.0 RC1
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A vulnerability was found in area_cache_get in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c in the Netronome Flow Processor (NFP) driver in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a manipulation that may lead to a use-after-free issue.
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Description Rohit Keshri 2023-01-16 15:14:11 UTC 
A vulnerability has been found in area_cache_get in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c in IPsec in the Linux Kernel. The manipulation leads to a use after free problem.

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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next.git/commit/?id=02e1a114fdb71e59ee6770294166c30d437bf86a
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