CVE-2023-52997

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

Description A potential spectre v1 gadget in the ip metrics convert() 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 ip metrics convert() 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.