CVE-2022-3524

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.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-404, CWE-401

Published

2022-10-16

Modified

2026-10-14

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• debian:debian_linux
• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
• https://vuldb.com/?id.211021
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11

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