vulnerability
Arch Linux: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime (CVE-2022-1012)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C) | Aug 5, 2022 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 5, 2022
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2022-1012
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-1012
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064604
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-24362
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220427065233.2075-1-w%401wt.eu/T/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0006/
- CWE-401
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-24362
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