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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-2078

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code.

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5 Nov 2026, 02:10 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2022-2078

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Jun 2022, 00:00 UTC

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code.

osv:CVE-2022-2078
Complete source record
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