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CVE-2023-5972

Kernel: the nfta_inner_num and nfta_expr_name netlink attributes accessed without checking its presence in nft_inner.c

Published: 11/23/2023 Last updated: 8/2/2024 Reserved: 11/6/2023

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the nft_inner.c functionality of netfilter in the Linux kernel. This issue could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 7 High CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Opam packages affected (29)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes ortools_solvers orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt restricted shell solo5 solo5-bindings-hvt solo5-bindings-spt solo5-cross-aarch64 solo5-kernel-ukvm tracy-client tuntap uring vhd-format vhd-format-lwt xapi-stdext-unix

Products affected (15)

Product Vendor Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat < d517cdeb904ddc0cbebcc959d43596426cac40b0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat < d835fa49d9589a780ff0d001bb7e6323238a4afb
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat <= 5.15.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat < 88b4cbcf6b041ae0f2fc8a34554a5b6a83a2b7cd
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat <= 6.6.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat 5.14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= 6.17.*
Fedora Fedora < d05ba46134d07e889de7d23cf8503574a22ede09
Fedora Fedora < 40ff52527daec00cf1530c17a95636916ddd3b38
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat < 5.14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat <= 6.12.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= 6.1.*
kernel n/a < 02aa671c08a4834bef5166743a7b88686fbfa023
kernel n/a < 0462fec709d51762ba486245bc344f44cc6cfa97

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Credits (2)