CVE-2022-0742

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 18 Mar 2022, 11:20
Last modified:21 Apr 2025, 13:55

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
2.21% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Mar 2022, 11:20
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
21 Apr 2025, 13:55
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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 Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.21%• Percentile: 85%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-275•Permission Issues

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper assignment or handling of permissions.

  • CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Kernel

    ≥ unspecified, ≤ 5.13

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 5.13, < 5.15.27 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.13 | 5.17:rc1 | 5.17:rc2 | 5.17:rc3 | 5.17:rc4 | 5.17:rc5 | 5.17:rc6

  • netapp•a400_firmware

    na

  • netapp•aff_8300_firmware

    na

  • netapp•aff_8700_firmware

    na

  • netapp•fas_8300_firmware

    na

  • netapp•fas_8700_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h300e

    na

  • netapp•h300s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h410c_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h410s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h500e

    na

  • netapp•h500s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h700e

    na

  • netapp•h700s_firmware

    na

References (3)