CVE-2023-5972

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80

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