What is CVE-2015-2922?

CVE-2015-2922 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10. CVE-2015-2922 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-2922?

CVE-2015-2922 has a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10, rated Low severity. The vector string is AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-2922?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-2922. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2015-2922 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-2922 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2015-2922

Low

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2015-05-27

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

3.3

out of 10

Low

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type

CWE-17

CVE-2015-2922 is classified as CWE-17

See CWE-17 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2015-2922 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155804.html

Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155854.html

Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155908.html

Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1221.html
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.html
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1564.html

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237

Third Party Advisory
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6

Exploit Vendor Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/04/2

Exploit
Oracle
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

Third Party Advisory
Oracle
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74315
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032417
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203712

Issue Tracking
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2015-2922

Severity Low

CVSS score 3.3 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2015-05-27

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-2922?

CVE-2015-2922 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10 . CVE-2015-2922 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-2922?

CVE-2015-2922 has a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10, rated Low severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-2922?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-2922. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2015-2922 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2015-2922 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.