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Red Hat: CVE-2022-3524: kernel: memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 16, 2022
Added
May 15, 2023
Modified
Jun 17, 2026

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.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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