CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-52581

6.3 MEDIUM Published 2024-03-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
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