Information Exposure Affecting kernel-rt package, versions <0:5.14.0-70.17.1.rt21.89.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELRT-2880909
  • published11 May 2022
  • disclosed2 May 2022

Introduced: 2 May 2022

CVE-2022-1012  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 kernel-rt to version 0:5.14.0-70.17.1.rt21.89.el9_0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt package and not the kernel-rt package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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