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Red Hat: CVE-2022-1012: CVE-2022-1012 kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information leak (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-1012: CVE-2022-1012 kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information leak (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/28/2022
Created
07/16/2022
Added
06/29/2022
Modified
03/13/2024

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(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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