CVE-2022-2078: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.19 (fixed in 5.19)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Red Hat Virtualization: version 4.0 only

Published 2022-06-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.