Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the…

Description

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the xfrm6_tunnel module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0772b70faaf8e9f2013b6c4273d94d5eac8047a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752304 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1026930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 53139 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2012:0488 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 48881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSRT100852 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0772b70faaf8e9f2013b6c4273d94d5eac8047a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 19:01 UTC.