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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function vsock_connect of the file net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-3629. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel (Operating System) (unknown version). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function vsock_connect of the file net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 10/21/2022. The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-3629. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236648 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0002: cloud-kernel bugfix, enhancement and (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0002)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (236648). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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