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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 (27)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt 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 (8)

Product Vendor Version
Fedora Fedora < 6.0.9319.869
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat See references
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat < 015e3c0a3b16193aab23beefe4719484b9984c2d
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat < f0dfc4c88ef39be0ba736aa0ce6119263fc19aeb
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat < 6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= 6.0.*
kernel n/a <= 1.7.18

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