Medium · 5.5 CVE-2022-49358 EUVD-2022-54871GHSA-xg42-33mc-4587

netfilter: nf_tables: memleak flow rule from commit path

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: memleak flow rule from commit path

Abort path release flow rule object, however, commit path does not.
Update code to destroy these objects before releasing the transaction.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Linux	Linux	5.3	5.4.198

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian 14	linux	5.18.5-1	—
Debian 13	linux	5.18.5-1	—
Debian 12	linux	5.18.5-1	—

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-raspi-realtime	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux +1	5.15.0-48.54	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-aws	5.15.0-1020.24	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-azure	5.15.0-1020.25	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-azure-fde	5.15.0-1024.30.1	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-gcp	5.15.0-1018.24	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-gke	5.15.0-1016.19	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-gkeop	5.15.0-1003.5	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-ibm +1	5.15.0-1015.17	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-intel-iotg	5.15.0-1016.21	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-kvm	5.15.0-1018.22	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-nvidia	5.15.0-1007.7	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-oracle	5.15.0-1018.23	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-riscv +32	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux	5.4.0-126.142	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-aws	5.4.0-1085.92	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-aws-5.15	5.15.0-1020.24~20.04.1	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-azure	5.4.0-1091.96	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-azure-5.15	5.15.0-1020.25~20.04.1	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-bluefield	5.4.0-1046.51	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-gcp	5.4.0-1089.97	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-gcp-5.15	5.15.0-1018.24~20.04.1	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-gke +28	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-hwe-5.15 +1	5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-ibm	5.4.0-1033.37	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-intel-iotg-5.15	5.15.0-1016.21~20.04.1	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-iot	5.4.0-1004.6	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-kvm	5.4.0-1075.80	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-oracle	5.4.0-1083.91	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-oracle-5.15	5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-raspi	5.4.0-1070.80	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-riscv-5.15	5.15.0-1019.22~20.04.1	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-aws-5.4	5.4.0-1085.92~18.04.1	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-azure-5.4	5.4.0-1091.96~18.04.1	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-gcp +14	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-gcp-5.4	5.4.0-1089.97~18.04.1	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-hwe-5.4	5.4.0-126.142~18.04.1	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-ibm-5.4	5.4.0-1033.37~18.04.1	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-oracle-5.4	5.4.0-1083.91~18.04.1	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-raspi-5.4	5.4.0-1070.80~18.04.1	—
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	linux-hwe-edge	No fix yet	—

Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS	linux-realtime	5.15.0-1021.21	—
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS	linux-fips +3	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS	linux-aws-fips	5.4.0-1085.92+fips1	—
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS	linux-azure-fips	5.4.0-1091.96+fips1	—
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS	linux-fips	5.4.0-1061.69	—
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS	linux-gcp-fips	5.4.0-1089.97+fips1	—

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