Bug 2424970 (CVE-2023-54035) - CVE-2023-54035 kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in chain reference counter
Summary: CVE-2023-54035 kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in chain reference...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-54035
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 12:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-25 12:06 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 12:04:48 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in chain reference counter

Set element addition error path decrements reference counter on chains
twice: once on element release and again via nft_data_release().

Then, d6b478666ffa ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in object
reference counter") incorrectly fixed this by removing the stateful
object reference count decrement.

Restore the stateful object decrement as in b91d90368837 ("netfilter:
nf_tables: fix leaking object reference count") and let
nft_data_release() decrement the chain reference counter, so this is
done only once.


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