net/tcp-ao: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 63% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/tcp-ao: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
To prevent timing attacks, MACs need to be compared in constant
time. Use the appropriate helper function for this.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Linux · Linux