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Access icmp6_hdr(skb)->icmp6_type directly will\ntrigger the uninit variable access bug.\n\nUse a local variable icmp6_type to carry the correct value in different\nscenarios.", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "14878f75abd5bf1d38becb405801cd491ee215dc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "165370522cc48127da564a08584a7391e6341908" }, { "version": "14878f75abd5bf1d38becb405801cd491ee215dc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "f394f690a30a5ec0413c62777a058eaf3d6e10d5" }, { "version": "14878f75abd5bf1d38becb405801cd491ee215dc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "0cf600ca1bdf1d52df977516ee6cee0cadb1f6b1" }, { "version": "14878f75abd5bf1d38becb405801cd491ee215dc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "605b056d63302ae84eb136e88d4df49124bd5e0d" }, { "version": "14878f75abd5bf1d38becb405801cd491ee215dc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "d65ff2fe877c471aa6e79efa7bd8ff66e147c317" }, { "version": "14878f75abd5bf1d38becb405801cd491ee215dc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "2c9cefc142c1dc2759e19a92d3b2b3715e985beb" }, { "version": "14878f75abd5bf1d38becb405801cd491ee215dc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "02ed5700f40445af02d1c97db25ffc2d04971d9f" }, { "version": "14878f75abd5bf1d38becb405801cd491ee215dc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "ea30388baebcce37fd594d425a65037ca35e59e8" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "2.6.24", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "2.6.24" }, { "version": "4.14.313", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "4.14.*" }, { "version": "4.19.281", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*" }, { "version": "5.4.241", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*" }, { "version": "5.10.178", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*" }, { "version": "5.15.107", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*" }, { "version": "6.1.24", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.2.11", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*" }, { "version": "6.3", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }