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Full vulnerability report · 2025
CVE-2022-50252High confidence

igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated

Linux · Linux

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

Canonical’s release and source-package findings are shown separately from local repository availability.

9 package states
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azure-6.11Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gcp-6.11Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-hwe-6.11Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-intelAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-oem-6.11Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-riscvAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2022-55500

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated Avoid potential use-after-free condition under memory pressure. If the kzalloc() fails, q_vector will be freed but left in the original adapter->q_vector[v_idx] array position.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated Avoid potential use-after-free condition under memory pressure. If the kzalloc() fails, q_vector will be freed but left in the original adapter->q_vector[v_idx] array position.

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated Avoid potential use-after-free condition under memory pressure. If the kzalloc() fails, q_vector will be freed but left in the original adapter->q_vector[v_idx] array position.

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Use After Free → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-416

CWE-416: Use After Free. The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-416
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2026-0349Dell Avamar und NetWorker: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Avamar und Dell NetWorker ausnutzen, um Angriffe zu starten, die die Integrität, Vertraulichkeit und Verfügbarkeit von Systemen beeinträchtigen.

Official advisory
BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2025-2053Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder nicht näher beschriebene Auswirkungen zu erzielen.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-1073Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20254306-1 Bulletin de sécurité SUSE SUSE-SU-2025:4311-1 du 28 novembre 2025 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20254311-1 Bulletin de sécurité SUSE SUSE-SU-2025:4315-1 du 01 décembre 2025 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20254315-1 Bulletin de sécurité SUSE SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1 du 04 décembre 2025 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20254320-1 Référence CVE CVE-2022-43945 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43945 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50116 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50116 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50252 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50252 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50272 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50272 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50327 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50327 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50334 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50334 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50381 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50381 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50409 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50409 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50470 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50470 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50471 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50471 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50472 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-1032Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48956 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49014 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49014 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49053 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49053 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49080 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49080 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49179 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49179 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49465 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49465 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49545 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49545 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49563 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49563 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49564 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49564 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50252 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50252 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50327 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50327 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50334 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50334 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50386 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50386 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50388 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50388 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50423 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50423 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50432 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50432 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50470 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50470 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50471 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-1009Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-50218 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50220 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50220 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50221 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50221 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50222 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50222 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50226 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50226 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50228 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50228 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50229 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50229 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50231 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50231 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50248 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50248 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50252 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50252 Référence CVE CVE-2023-1990 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1990 Référence CVE CVE-2023-28866 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28866 Référence CVE CVE-2023-3111 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3111 Référence CVE CVE-2023-31248 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31248 Référence CVE CVE-2023-3772 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3772 Référence CVE CVE-2023-39197 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39197 Référence CVE CVE-2023-42753 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42753 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52924 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-20

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0979Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20253935-1 Bulletin de sécurité SUSE SUSE-SU-2025:3936-1 du 04 novembre 2025 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20253936-1 Bulletin de sécurité SUSE SUSE-SU-2025:3970-1 du 06 novembre 2025 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20253970-1 Bulletin de sécurité SUSE SUSE-SU-2025:3983-1 du 06 novembre 2025 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20253983-1 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49138 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49138 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49770 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49770 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50252 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50252 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52923 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52923 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52927 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52927 Référence CVE CVE-2024-26643 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26643 Référence CVE CVE-2024-53057 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53057 Référence CVE CVE-2024-53164 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53164 Référence CVE CVE-2024-57947 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57947 Référence CVE CVE-2025-37797 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37797 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38079 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0921Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-50235 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50239 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50239 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50241 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50241 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50246 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50246 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50247 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50247 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50248 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50248 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50249 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50250 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50250 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50251 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50252 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50252 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50255 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50257 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50258 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50260 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50261 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50261 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50264 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50266 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50266 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50267 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0895Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-50241 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50242 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50242 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50244 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50244 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50246 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50246 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50247 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50247 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50248 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50248 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50249 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50250 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50250 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50251 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50252 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50252 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50253 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50255 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50257 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50258 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50260 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50261 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50261 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50264 Référence CVE CVE-2022-50265 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
72ddef0506da852dc82f078f37ced8ef4d74a2bf < 64ca1969599857143e91aeec4440640656100803; 72ddef0506da852dc82f078f37ced8ef4d74a2bf < 0200f0fbb11e359cc35af72ab10b2ec224e6f633; 72ddef0506da852dc82f078f37ced8ef4d74a2bf < 68e8adbcaf7a8743e473343b38b9dad66e2ac6f3; 72ddef0506da852dc82f078f37ced8ef4d74a2bf < f96bd8adc8adde25390965a8c1ee81b73cb62075; 72ddef0506da852dc82f078f37ced8ef4d74a2bf < 3cb18dea11196fb4a06f78294cec5e61985e1aff; 72ddef0506da852dc82f078f37ced8ef4d74a2bf < 314f7092b27749bdde44c14095b5533afa2a3bc8; 72ddef0506da852dc82f078f37ced8ef4d74a2bf < 6e399577bd397a517df4b938601108c63769ce0a; 72ddef0506da852dc82f078f37ced8ef4d74a2bf < 56483aecf6b22eb7dff6315b3a174688c6ad494c
Fixed
< 4.3; 4.9.337 ≤ 4.9.*; 4.14.303 ≤ 4.14.*; 4.19.270 ≤ 4.19.*; 5.4.229 ≤ 5.4.*; 5.10.163 ≤ 5.10.*; 5.15.86 ≤ 5.15.*; 6.0.16 ≤ 6.0.*
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 15 Sept 2025 · Last source change 5 Aug 2026, 08:57 UTC · CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-55500
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

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Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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