CVE-2022-0742
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.9–9.1
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affected products (31)
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also known as (5)
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references (21)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2059294Patchcnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-0742/cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2d3916f3189172d5c69d33065c3c21119fe539fccnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166392/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5337-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166442/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5346-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166569/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5362-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166636/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5368-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0001/cnnvd
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