CVE-2021-45486 (GCVE-0-2021-45486)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-25 01:04 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/ipv4/route.c has an information leak because the hash table is very small.
Severity
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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|---|---|
| https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/Chan… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.09604.pdf | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
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