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Medium 5.5Published Mar 11, 2022
CVE-2022-26878drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3 has a memory leak (socket buffers have memory allocated but not freed).
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drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3 has a memory leak (socket buffers have memory allocated but not freed).
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 5.13 before 5.15.17; from 5.16 before 5.16.3 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1d0688421449718c6c5f46e458a378c9b530ba18x-refsource-misc
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/1A203F5E-FB5E-430C-BEA3-86B191D69D58%40holtmann.org/x-refsource-misc
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3x-refsource-misc
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.17x-refsource-misc
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/11/1mailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
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