CVE-2022-32296

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

The Linux kernel before 5.17.9 allows TCP servers to identify clients by observing what source ports are used. This occurs because of use of Algorithm 4 ("Double-Hash Port Selection Algorithm") of RFC 6056.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-32296

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-32296.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed6.2-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.17.11-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.127-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.17.11-1
debian debiansidfixed5.17.11-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.17.11-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.