CVE-2022-3524 Linux Kernel IPv6 ipv6_renew_options memory leak

What is CVE-2022-3524?

CVE-2022-3524 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-401, CWE-404

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3524?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3524?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-3524 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3524 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3524, GHSA-g397-g5h4-jrx6, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3524.