Why is CVE-2022-1012 not fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7?

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Issue

  • CVE-2022-1012 - kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information leak
  • Why is CVE-2022-1012 not fixed in RHEL 7?
  • Seen from the link https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1012 that the CVE-2022-1012 was affecting RHEL7. However, there is no fix available for this release. Is a fix planned in the near future, as this CVE is with a very high score (8.2) ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) networking

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