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xen — security advisory
network backend may cause Linux netfront to use freed SKBs While adding logic to support XDP (eXpress Data Path), a code label was moved in a way allowing for SKBs having references (pointers) retained for further processing to nevertheless be freed.
- Products
- xen
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.15.4-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-33743
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
network backend may cause Linux netfront to use freed SKBs While adding logic to support XDP (eXpress Data Path), a code label was moved in a way allowing for SKBs having references (pointers) retained for further processing to nevertheless be freed.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2022-33743
xen
Fixed versions: 4.15.4-r0
xen
Fixed versions: 4.15.4-r0
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2022-33743",
"method": "structured",
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"modified": "2026-10-15T07:17:54.226007603Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 321905,
"published_at": "2022-07-05T13:15:08.613+00:00"
}