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CVE-2023-52997

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CVE-2023-52997

Published: Mar 27, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
6cf9dfd3bd62edfff69f11c0f111bc261166e4c7 - < ef050cf5fb70d995a0d03244e25179b7c66a924a
affected
6cf9dfd3bd62edfff69f11c0f111bc261166e4c7 - < 746db9ec1e672eee13965625ddac0d97e16fa20c
affected
6cf9dfd3bd62edfff69f11c0f111bc261166e4c7 - < 34c6142f0df9cd75cba5a7aa9df0960d2854b415
affected
6cf9dfd3bd62edfff69f11c0f111bc261166e4c7 - < d50e7348b44f1e046121ff5be01b7fb6978a1149
affected
6cf9dfd3bd62edfff69f11c0f111bc261166e4c7 - < 6850fe301d015a7d2012d1de8caf43dafb7cc2f6

+1 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.3
unaffected
0 - < 4.3
unaffected
4.19.272 - <= 4.19.*
unaffected
5.4.231 - <= 5.4.*
unaffected
5.10.166 - <= 5.10.*

+3 more versions

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