CVE-2023-52997
CVE-2023-52997CVE-2023-52997
linux / linux_kernel
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-11-05 |