What is CVE-2022-3524?

CVE-2022-3524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-3524?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-3524

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.

Published 2022-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.12
Debian Linux — versions 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
vuldb.com/ (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3524?: CVE-2022-3524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-3524?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.