Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2015-2922
The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.
EPSS: 0.031 (86.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Oracle Linux — versions 5.0
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20, 21, 22
- Redhat Enterprise_mrg — versions 2.5
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2922?
- CVE-2015-2922 is a vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-17. Published 2015-05-27.
- Is CVE-2015-2922 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.