CVE-2023-52997

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.3-4.19.272 - Information Disclosure via Spectre v1 Gadget in ip_metrics_convert

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.231linux
linux/Kernel 4.3.0 - 4.19.272linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.91linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.9linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.166linux
Linux/Linux < 4.3
Linux/Linux 4.19.272 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 4.3
Linux/Linux 5.10.166 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.91 - 5.15.*
... and 11 more
Published Mar 27, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026