CVE-2022-49766
netlink: Bounds-check struct nlmsgerr creation
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlink: Bounds-check struct nlmsgerr creation In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE doing bounds-check on memcpy(), switch from __nlmsg_put to nlmsg_put(), and explain the bounds check for dealing with the memcpy() across a composite flexible array struct. Avoids this future run-time warning: memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 32) of single field "&errmsg->msg" at net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2447 (size 16)
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | May 1, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < aff4eb16f589c3af322a2582044bca365381fcd6 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 710d21fdff9a98d621cd4e64167f3ef8af4e2fd1
Linux / Linux
2.6.12