CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-3524

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2022-10-16 Modified 2026-10-14 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-10-16
Last modified
2026-10-14
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401, CWE-404

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.12) • linux linux kernel 2.6.12 • debian debian linux 10.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
  • CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release weakness

References