Code Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.19.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.26% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006425
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 May 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 May 2015

CVE-2015-2922  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.19.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Code. The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1