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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.211021
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
26.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
CWE-404
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.12 (2 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
< 2.6.12
Published
Oct 16, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026