Tracker / CVE-2023-52996
CVE-2023-52996
Medium 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in fib_metrics_match() if (!type) continue; if (type > RTAX_MAX) return false; ... fi_val = fi->fib_metrics->metrics[type - 1]; @type being used as an array index, we need to prevent cpu speculation or risk leaking kernel memory content.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.14 → 5.4.231 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.91 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.9 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.5 → 5.10.166 |
Analysis
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