High severity · published Mar 18, 2022
CVE-2022-0742
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
7.5
CVSS
5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.0% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.13 before 5.15.27; 5.16 before 5.16.13; 5.17; 5.17; 5.17; 5.17; +2 more · source: NVD
AF
A400 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A8
Aff 8300 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
A8
Aff 8700 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
F8
Fas 8300 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
F8
Fas 8700 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0742
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0742
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2d3916f3189172d5c69d33065c3c21119fe539fc
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0001/
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/15/3
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