Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-0742
CVE-2022-0742
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: >=5.13
Patches
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References
3- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/15/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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