Linux · Linux Kernel · CVE-2022-48933
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
**Description**
The issue is related to a memory leak in the netfilter component of the Linux kernel during the update of stateful objects. Stateful objects can be updated from the control plane, and the transaction logic allocates a temporary object for this purpose. However, the `->init` function was called for this object, resulting in a memory leak when using `kfree()`. To fix this, the `->destroy` function of the object should be called, which is done by `nft obj destroy()`. This function also decrements the module refcount, but the update path does not increment it. The solution involves doing `module get` for the update case and releasing it via `nft obj destroy()`.
**Recommendations**
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.