CVE-2022-3567 Linux Kernel IPv6 inet6_dgram_ops race condition

What is CVE-2022-3567?

CVE-2022-3567 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function inet6_stream_ops/inet6_dgram_ops of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation leads to race condition. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211090 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3567?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3567?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-3567 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3567 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-2022-3567, GHSA-74xp-vm35-rpjw, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-3567, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3567.