UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0742
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 4
Upstream
Downstream
Published: 14 Mar 2022, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:46
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100 CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
14 Mar 2022, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:46
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
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
< 5.13.0-1019.21~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
< 5.13.0-1021.24~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
< 5.13.0-1021.25~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.13
< 5.13.0-37.42~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-5.13
< 5.13.0-1010.10
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iotg-5.15
< 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.10
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.14
< 5.14.0-1029.32
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.6
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.13
< 5.13.0-1025.30~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv-5.8
all
References (7)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0742
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/2d3916f3189172d5c69d33065c3c21119fe539fc
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5337-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5346-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5362-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5368-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0742