In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tcp-md5: 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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02669e2a4d207068edce7e8b5fafd85822018ce6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/345a9530756528d7ca407663d659c3c40e75c3dd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d0d6f50dab706637f4c18a470aac20a21900d3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d305a95130a8d08b9545e47f1e18d29d59866cb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/821c8751fdeecdeecabeb11704dd33439c9e4bbc Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae3831b44f477de048287493e184fc3ff913b624 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b502e97e29d791ff7a8051f29a414535739be218 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 2
- CwesCWE-208NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- First seenCVSS 9.4 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02669e2a4d207068edce7e8b5fafd85822018ce6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/345a9530756528d7ca407663d659c3c40e75c3dd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d0d6f50dab706637f4c18a470aac20a21900d3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d305a95130a8d08b9545e47f1e18d29d59866cb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/821c8751fdeecdeecabeb11704dd33439c9e4bbc Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae3831b44f477de048287493e184fc3ff913b624 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b502e97e29d791ff7a8051f29a414535739be218 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff44ec94d4fc8348600a69de0a8fa1102c23bce8