CVE-2023-52997
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in ip_metrics_convert() if (!type) continue; if (type > RTAX_MAX) return -EINVAL; ... metrics[type - 1] = val; @type being used as an array index, we need to prevent cpu speculation or risk leaking kernel memory content.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d1d63b612801b3f0a39b7d4467cad0abd60e5c8 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d1d63b612801b3f0a39b7d4467cad0abd60e5c8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34c6142f0df9cd75cba5a7aa9df0960d2854b415Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6850fe301d015a7d2012d1de8caf43dafb7cc2f6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/746db9ec1e672eee13965625ddac0d97e16fa20cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d50e7348b44f1e046121ff5be01b7fb6978a1149Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef050cf5fb70d995a0d03244e25179b7c66a924aPatch