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CVE-2022-3541

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3541 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, specifically within the BPF component's spl2sw_nvmem_get_mac_address function in drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/spl2sw_driver.c. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows a local attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.19, < 5.19.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0, < 6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18582-16820Fixed in: 5.10.149.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18588-16823Fixed in: 5.15.74.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.149.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.10.149.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.74.1-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.74.1-3

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Oct/CVE-2022-3541Important

Linux Kernel BPF spl2sw_driver.c spl2sw_nvmem_get_mac_address use after free

Oct 11, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-3541Moderate

kernel: use after free bug in spl2sw_nvmem_get_mac_address

Oct 1, 2022

References

git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20221228-0001
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory