CVE-2022-3606

Publication date 19 October 2022

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.5 · Low

Score breakdown

Description

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function find_prog_by_sec_insn of the file tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211749 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dwarves-dfsg 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.21-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.21-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
libbpf 25.10 questing
Fixed 1.0.1-2ubuntu1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 1.0.1-2ubuntu1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 1.0.1-2ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.0.1-2ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1.0.1-2ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1.0.1-2ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 0.8.0-1ubuntu22.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.5.0-1ubuntu22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.5.0-1~ubuntu20.04.1+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libbpf

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.5 · Low
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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