CVE-2022-1012 (GCVE-0-2022-1012)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-05 00:00 – Updated: 2026-10-14 12:16
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Summary
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.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 1002 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Kernel Affected: Linux kernel version prior to 5.18-rc6
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem Affected: 0 , < V1.1 (custom)
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