CVE-2023-52997 — ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in ip_metrics_convert()
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_M…
Published: 2025-03-27 · CVSS: Unscored
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7