CVE-2023-52996

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A potential spectre v1 gadget in the fib metrics match() function has been resolved. The issue arises from the use of the type variable as an array index, which could lead to cpu speculation and potentially leak kernel memory content. The function fib metrics match() is used in the ipv4 protocol.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.