First published: Thu Mar 24 2022(Updated: )
It was discovered that the ICMPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-oem-20.04c | <5.14.0.1029.26 | 5.14.0.1029.26 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-oem-20.04b | <5.14.0.1029.26 | 5.14.0.1029.26 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-oem-20.04 | <5.14.0.1029.26 | 5.14.0.1029.26 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-5.14.0-1029-oem | <5.14.0-1029.32 | 5.14.0-1029.32 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 |
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The vulnerability ID of this Linux kernel vulnerability is CVE-2022-0742.
The severity of CVE-2022-0742 is not specified in the provided information. Please refer to the official references for more details.
The vulnerability in the Linux kernel can cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) if exploited by a remote attacker.
The Linux kernel versions affected by this vulnerability are linux-image-oem-20.04c, linux-image-oem-20.04b, linux-image-oem-20.04d, linux-image-oem-20.04, and linux-image-5.14.0-1029-oem.
To fix the Linux kernel vulnerability identified in CVE-2022-0742, update the affected software packages to version 5.14.0.1029.26 for linux-image-oem-20.04c, linux-image-oem-20.04b, linux-image-oem-20.04d, linux-image-oem-20.04, and Linux kernel version 5.14.0-1029.32 for linux-image-5.14.0-1029-oem.