# CVE-2022-48641: netfilter: ebtables: fix memory leak when blob is malformed

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.14.295, 4.19.260, 5.4.215, 5.10.146, 5.15.71, and 1 more
- Published: 2024-04-28 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: from 4.14.292, fixed in 4.14.295; from 4.19.257, fixed in 4.19.260; from 5.4.212, fixed in 5.4.215; from 5.10.140, fixed in 5.10.146; from 5.15.64, fixed in 5.15.71; from 5.19.6, fixed in 5.19.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ebtables: fix memory leak when blob is malformed The bug fix was incomplete, it "replaced" crash with a memory leak. The old code had an assignment to "ret" embedded into the conditional, restore this.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.14.295, 4.19.260, 5.4.215, 5.10.146, 5.15.71) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/754e8b74281dd54a324698803483f47cf3355ae1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e98318af2f163eadaff815abcef38d27ca92c1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11ebf32fde46572b0aaf3c2bdd97d923ef5a03ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd97dbe3c55d68346b9c5fb00634a7f5b10bbee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5917b7af7cae0e2804f9d127a03268035098b7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38cf372b17f0a5f35c1b716a100532d539f0eb33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ce44c4fff947eebdf10bb582267e686e6835c9

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