Medium · published July 1, 2023
A hash collision flaw was found in the IPv6 connection lookup table in the Linux kernel’s IPv6 functionality when a user makes a new kind of SYN flood attack. A user located in the local network or with a high bandwidth connection can increase the CPU usage of the server that accepts IPV6 connections up to 95%.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | < 6.5 | 6.5 |
| redhat/enterprise_linux | all versions | — |
| redhat/enterprise_linux | all versions | — |
| fedoraproject/fedora | all versions | — |