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GHSA-5xx2-hrc4-gfq8

GHSA-5xx2-hrc4-gfq8 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

An issue was discovered in ip_ra_control in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kmalloc of new_ra, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

  • May 24, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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