CVE-2022-0742

high-risk
Published 2022-03-18

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.1/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

A400 Firmware
Aff 8300 Firmware
Aff 8700 Firmware

Affected Vendors

Linux Netapp

References (6)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2d...
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0001/
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/15/3
Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2d...
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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high-risk
Severity 31/34 · Critical
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 20/34 · Moderate