A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.142/5.15.67/5.19.8. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function nft_chain_release_hook of the file include/linux/slab.h. The manipulation leads to memory leak.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-48691. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.