CVE-2022-1012

High

Description

A memory leak problem was found in the TCP source port generation algorithm in net/ipv4/tcp.c due to the small table perturb size. This flaw may allow an attacker to information leak and may cause a denial of service problem.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.2
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 5, 2022
First seenAug 5, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-401CWE-401

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.18 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 5.18, 5.185.18

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