CVE-2023-42756 (GCVE-0-2023-42756)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-28 13:55 – Updated: 2025-11-06 19:47
VLAI
Title
Kernel: netfilter: race condition between ipset_cmd_add and ipset_cmd_swap
Summary
A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A race condition between IPSET_CMD_ADD and IPSET_CMD_SWAP can lead to a kernel panic due to the invocation of `__ip_set_put` on a wrong `set`. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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Date Public
2023-09-27 00:00
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