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ghsa-8jhq-62jp-gh72

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-11-23 18:30

Modified

2023-11-23 18:30

Severity ?

7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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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  "modified": "2023-11-23T18:30:33Z",
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cve-2023-5972

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-11-23 17:21

Modified

2024-08-02 08:14

Severity ?

7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972	vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189	issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7
	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	kernel
	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
	Fedora	Fedora

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Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
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Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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