CVE-2022-49727
Moderate
ipv6: Fix signed integer overflow in l2tp_ip6_sendmsg
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix signed integer overflow in l2tp_ip6_sendmsg When len >= INT_MAX - transhdrlen, ulen = len + transhdrlen will be overflow. To fix, we can follow what udpv6 does and subtract the transhdrlen from the max.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
February 26, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-49727
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix signed integer overflow in l2tp_ip6_sendmsg When len >= INT_MAX - transhdrlen, ulen = len + transhdrlen will be overflow. To fix, we can follow what udpv6 does and subtract the transhdrlen from the max.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/034246122f5c5e2e2a0b9fe04e24517920e9beb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e818d433fc2718fe4da044ffca7431812a7e04e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27a37755ceb401111ded76810359d3adc4b268a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf73c7cb6125083408d77f43d0e84d86aed0000
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f42389d270f2304c8855b0b63498a5a4d0c053d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4e3486d21173d60925ef52e512cae727b43d30
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8879ca1fd7348b4d5db7db86dcb97f60c73d751
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f638a84afef3dfe10554c51820c16e39a278c915
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49727.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49727