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CVE-2023-52997

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/03/2025
Last modified:
30/10/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in ip_metrics_convert()<br /> <br /> if (!type)<br /> continue;<br /> if (type &gt; RTAX_MAX)<br /> return -EINVAL;<br /> ...<br /> metrics[type - 1] = val;<br /> <br /> @type being used as an array index, we need to prevent<br /> cpu speculation or risk leaking kernel memory content.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.3 (including) 4.19.272 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.20 (including) 5.4.231 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.5 (including) 5.10.166 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.11 (including) 5.15.91 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16 (including) 6.1.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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