CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-4269

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel Traffic Control (TC) subsystem. Using a specific networking configuration (redirecting egress packets to ingress using TC action "mirred") a local unprivileged user could trigger a CPU soft lockup (ABBA deadlock) when the transport protocol in use (TCP or SCTP) does a retransmission, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Risk Assessment

A local unprivileged user can trigger a CPU soft lockup and cause a denial of service (DoS) on the system. This may disrupt network services and require a system restart.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix. Restrict the ability to configure the TC "mirred" action for unprivileged users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel Traffic Control (TC) subsystem. Using a specific networking configuration (redirecting egress packets to ingress using TC action "mirred") a local unprivileged user could trigger a CPU soft lockup (ABBA deadlock) when the transport protocol in use (TCP or SCTP) does a retransmission, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS