CVE-2022-0742 CRITICAL

CVE-2022-0742: Memory leak in ICMP6 in Linux Kernel

Vendor Linux
Product Kernel
Weakness CWE-275
Published March 18, 2022
Last update April 21, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 18, 2022 CVE published
April 21, 2025 Record updated