CVE-2022-2586
Published 2024-01-08 · Updated 2026-10-14 · Source security@ubuntu.com
Summary
CVE-2022-2586 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Linux Kernel. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 26, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by July 17, 2024. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Linux has 32 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 2 of them linked to ransomware.
All 32 known-exploited Linux vulnerabilities →Description
It was discovered that a nft object or expression could reference a nft set on a different nft table, leading to a use-after-free once that table was deleted.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Linux — Kernel
Name: Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Date added: 2024-06-26 · Due: 2024-07-17
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2586
- https://lore.kernel.org/netfilter-devel/20220809170148.164591-1-cascardo@canonical.com/T/#t
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5557-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5560-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5560-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5562-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5564-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5565-1

