Memory Leak Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.301-224.520.amzn2
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- published 13 Dec 2022
- disclosed 16 Oct 2022
Introduced: 16 Oct 2022
CVE-2022-3524 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.301-224.520.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1903.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-3524
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
- https://vuldb.com/?id.211021