PT-2022-2509 · Linux+9 · Linux Kernel+9
Amit Klein
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Published
2022-05-02
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Updated
2023-10-01
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CVE-2022-1012
CVSS v2.0
8.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a memory leak problem in the TCP source port generation algorithm, which may allow an attacker to leak information and potentially cause a denial of service problem. This is due to the small table perturb size in the net/ipv4/tcp.c component. The exploitation of this issue may enable a remote attacker to predict the number of an outgoing TCP connection port.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
DoS
Memory Leak
Information Disclosure
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu