CVE-2022-1012

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: August 5, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 01:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelKernel

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 5.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 5.18-rc6
Affected range stops below 5.18-rc6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401

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