CVE-2023-52581 (GCVE-0-2023-52581)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-02 21:59 – Updated: 2026-05-23 15:26
VLAI
Title
netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak when more than 255 elements expired
Summary
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.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-05 20:19 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6641 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 8da1b048f9a501d3d7d38c188ba09d7d0d5b8c27 , < 7cf055b43756b10aa2b851c927c940f5ed652125 (git)
Affected: bbdb3b65aa91aa0a32b212f27780b28987f2d94f , < a995a68e8a3b48533e47c856865d109a1f1a9d01 (git)
Affected: 448be0774882f95a74fa5eb7519761152add601b , < 09c85f2d21ab6b5acba31a037985b13e8e6565b8 (git)
Affected: d19e8bf3ea4114dd21fc35da21f398203d7f7df1 , < ef99506eaf1dc31feff1adfcfd68bc5535a22171 (git)
Affected: ea3eb9f2192e4fc33b795673e56c97a21987f868 , < 7e5d732e6902eb6a37b35480796838a145ae5f07 (git)
Affected: 5f68718b34a531a556f2f50300ead2862278da26 , < 4aea243b6853d06c1d160a9955b759189aa02b14 (git)
Affected: 5f68718b34a531a556f2f50300ead2862278da26 , < cf5000a7787cbc10341091d37245a42c119d26c5 (git)
Affected: 0624f190b5742a1527cd938295caa8dc5281d4cd (git)
Affected: 6.4.11 , < 6.5 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5.6 , ≤ 6.5.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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