Linux Kernel IPv6 ipv6_renew_options memory leak

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-3524
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerVulDB
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-16 10:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 14:17:23 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-404 | CWE-401 | CWE-404 CWE-404 Denial of Service -> CWE-401 Memory Leak

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
3.1CNADECLARED4.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Kernel affected n/a Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux Subsystem affected V1.1 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
CVE-2022-3524 | Linux Kernel IPv6 ipv6_renew_options memory leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vuldb.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3244-1] linux-5.10 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3245-1] linux security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160447 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12109)
  • 160458 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2023-12117)
  • 160461 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2023-12118)
  • 160583 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2023-2458)
  • 160692 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2023-2951)
  • 181356 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-3524)
  • 181440 Debian Security Update for linux-5.10 (DLA 3244-1)
  • 181565 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3245-1)
  • 199055 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5754-1)
  • 199056 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5757-1)
  • 199057 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5755-1)
  • 199059 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5756-1)
  • 199060 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (GKE) Vulnerabilities (USN-5756-2)
  • 199061 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5755-2)
  • 199070 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5756-3)
  • 199071 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5754-2)
  • 199072 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5774-1)
  • 199073 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5773-1)
  • 199076 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5780-1)
  • 199078 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5779-1)
  • 199084 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5789-1)
  • 241417 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2023:2458)
  • 241468 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:2148)
  • 241504 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2023:2951)
  • 241527 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:2736)
  • 242890 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0724)
  • 354239 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-023
  • 354272 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2022-1903
  • 354275 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-039
  • 354646 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-096
  • 354649 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-100
  • 354664 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-099
  • 354665 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-095
  • 354666 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-098
  • 354667 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-097
  • 354740 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-103
  • 354742 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-105
  • 354743 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-104
  • 354844 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2023-1707
  • 355199 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2023-2023-070
  • 377891 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0002)
  • 378468 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-20230042)
  • 378473 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2023:0021)
  • 378512 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0042)
  • 6140067 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-2wv7-7pqj-fw47)
  • 672410 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2796)
  • 672495 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1012)
  • 672516 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1037)
  • 672532 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1126)
  • 672564 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1102)
  • 672653 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1388)
  • 672668 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1360)
  • 672711 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1507)
  • 752813 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3930-1)
  • 752839 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3929-1)
  • 752880 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4053-1)
  • 752889 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3897-1)
  • 752911 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3998-1)
  • 752913 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4072-1)
  • 752944 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4273-1)
  • 752959 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4272-1)
  • 753038 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4573-1)
  • 753039 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4574-1)
  • 753051 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4589-1)
  • 753060 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4615-1)
  • 753063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1)
  • 753703 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 753707 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 753727 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0416-1)
  • 941023 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2023:2458)
  • 941061 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2023:2148)
  • 941096 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2023:2951)
  • 941114 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2023:2736)

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