CVE-2022-1972

kernel: out-of-bounds write vulnerability in nftable may lead to local privilege escalation

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 2, 2022

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

CVE-2022-1972 is duplicate of CVE-2022-2078, so please consider CVE-2022-2078 instead. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2078

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write