Bug 2248189 (CVE-2023-5972)
Summary: | CVE-2023-5972 kernel: The NFTA_INNER_NUM and NFTA_EXPR_NAME netlink attributes accessed without checking its presence in nft_inner.c | ||
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Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | Alex <allarkin> |
Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot> |
Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | unspecified | CC: | acaringi, allarkin, bhu, chwhite, cye, cyin, dbohanno, debarbos, dfreiber, drow, dvlasenk, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jpoimboe, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rogbas, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, security-response-team, tglozar, tyberry, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang |
Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
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Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value | |
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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.
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Bug Depends On: | 2251249 | ||
Bug Blocks: | 2248168 |
Description
Alex
2023-11-06 19:19:26 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 2251249] This was fixed for Fedora with the 6.5.9 stable kernel updates. |