CVE-2022-3524CWE-401CWE-404

CVE-2022-3524

Medium · published October 16, 2022

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ipv6_renew_options of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211021 was assigned to this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01084 · 65.0th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime; CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Published
2022-10-16T14:15Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel< 2.6.122.6.12
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (10)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11 · [email protected]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html · [email protected]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/?id.211021 · [email protected]https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?id.211021 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5ehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 00:00Z
    Linux Kernel IPv6 ipv6_renew_options memory leak
    cvelistv5