CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-52581
6.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-03-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak when more than 255 elements expired
When more than 255 elements expired we're supposed to switch to a new gc
container structure.
This never happens: u8 type will wrap before reaching the boundary
and nft_trans_gc_space() always returns true.
This means we recycle the initial gc container structure and
lose track of the elements that came before.
While at it, don't deref 'gc' after we've passed it to call_rcu.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.5 < 6.5.6)
• linux linux kernel 6.6
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09c85f2d21ab6b5acba31a037985b13e8e6565b8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aea243b6853d06c1d160a9955b759189aa02b14 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf055b43756b10aa2b851c927c940f5ed652125 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e5d732e6902eb6a37b35480796838a145ae5f07 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a995a68e8a3b48533e47c856865d109a1f1a9d01 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf5000a7787cbc10341091d37245a42c119d26c5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef99506eaf1dc31feff1adfcfd68bc5535a22171 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09c85f2d21ab6b5acba31a037985b13e8e6565b8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aea243b6853d06c1d160a9955b759189aa02b14 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf055b43756b10aa2b851c927c940f5ed652125 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e5d732e6902eb6a37b35480796838a145ae5f07 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a995a68e8a3b48533e47c856865d109a1f1a9d01 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf5000a7787cbc10341091d37245a42c119d26c5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef99506eaf1dc31feff1adfcfd68bc5535a22171 Patch