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Paper/Archive/CVE-2022-0742

CVE-2022-0742

Linux Kernel — Memory leak in ICMP6 in Linux Kernel

EPSS 5%CVSS 9.1
critical.is priorityof 100
46
CVSS 9.1 (CNA)9.1 / 10 × 3027.3Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 92.3.923 × 2018.5No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

Memory leak in icmp6 implementation in Linux Kernel 5.13+ allows a remote attacker to DoS a host by making it go out-of-memory via icmp6 packets of type 130 or 131. We recommend upgrading past commit 2d3916f3189172d5c69d33065c3c21119fe539fc.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Kernelunspecified – 5.13–CNA

Scores by source

Google (CNA)9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

References

refopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/15/3refgit.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2d3916f3189172d5c69d33065c3c21119fe539fcrefsecurity.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0001