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