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.
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c52c6bb831f6335c176a0fc7214e26f43adbd11 | mailing list patch vendor advisory |
| https://vuldb.com/?id.211021 | third party advisory permissions required |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html | third party advisory mailing list |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html | third party advisory mailing list |