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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 14:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 10
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.211021 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.211021 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html