Information Exposure Affecting kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_13_1 package, versions <0:1-1.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.39% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KPATCHPATCH514070131-3377464
  • 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 RHEL:9 kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_13_1 to version 0:1-1.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:5214.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_13_1 package and not the kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_13_1 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.

CVSS Base Scores

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