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CVE-2022-4269

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2022-12-05 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel Traffic Control (TC) subsystem. Using a specific networking configuration (redirecting egress packets to ingress using TC action "mirred") a local unprivileged user could trigger a CPU soft lockup (ABBA deadlock) when the transport protocol in use (TCP or SCTP) does a retransmission, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-833

References