CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-49048

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.67%

48th percentile - higher than 48% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel IPv6 module, there is a kernel panic vulnerability when forwarding a packet if the input interface has no associated in6 dev. This can be triggered using tc commands with netem corrupt.

Risk Assessment

A local user with network configuration privileges can trigger a kernel panic, causing system unavailability.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update containing a fix that prevents panic in ip6_forward() when no in6 dev is present.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix panic when forwarding a pkt with no in6 dev kongweibin reported a kernel panic in ip6_forward() when input interface has no in6 dev associated. The following tc commands were used to reproduce this panic: tc qdisc del dev vxlan100 root tc qdisc add dev vxlan100 root netem corrupt 5%

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