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🛡️ CVE-2022-1678 — active-iq-unified-manager

🟡 CVSS 5.9 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-911 NVD
5.9
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux Kernel from 4.18 to 4.19, an improper update of sock reference in TCP pacing can lead to memory/netns leak, which can be used by remote clients.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-1678 is classified as CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count. The product uses a reference count to manage a resource, but it does not update or incorrectly updates the reference count.

Affected software

CVE-2022-1678 is recorded against 17 packages.

  • active-iq-unified-manager
  • bootstrap-os
  • cloud-volumes-ontap-mediator
  • e-series-santricity-os-controller (from 11.0 up to 11.70.2)
  • element-software
  • h300e-firmware
  • h300s-firmware
  • h410c-firmware
  • h410s-firmware
  • h500e-firmware
  • h500s-firmware
  • h700e-firmware
  • h700s-firmware
  • hci-management-node
  • linux-kernel (from 4.18 up to 4.19)
  • solidfire
  • storagegrid

Timeline and source

Published on 25 May 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

anas.openanolis.cn
anas.openanolis.cn
bugzilla.openanolis.cn
gitee.com
github.com
lore.kernel.org
security.netapp.com
anas.openanolis.cn
anas.openanolis.cn
bugzilla.openanolis.cn
gitee.com
github.com
lore.kernel.org
security.netapp.com

Other advisories for this package

active-iq-unified-manager has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count) in other software:

CVE-2022-1678 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.9
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-911
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-05-25
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
active-iq-unified-manager
bootstrap-os
cloud-volumes-ontap-mediator
e-series-santricity-os-controller 11.0 11.70.2
element-software
h300e-firmware
h300s-firmware
h410c-firmware
h410s-firmware
h500e-firmware
h500s-firmware
h700e-firmware
h700s-firmware
hci-management-node
linux-kernel 4.18 4.19
solidfire
storagegrid

References

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=61
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=61

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