CVE-2022-49048: linux kernel vulnerability

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%
CVE-2022-49048CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2022-49048: linux kernel vulnerability

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%

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
16.63%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

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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