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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2021-47312

netfilter: nf_tables: Fix dereference of null pointer flow

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix dereference of null pointer flow In the case where chain->flags & NFT_CHAIN_HW_OFFLOAD is false then nft_flow_rule_create is not called and flow is NULL. The subsequent error handling execution via label err_destroy_flow_rule will lead to a null pointer dereference on flow when calling nft_flow_rule_destroy. Since the error path to err_destroy_flow_rule has to cater for null and non-null flows, only call nft_flow_rule_destroy if flow is non-null to fix this issue. Addresses-Coverity: ("Explicity null dereference")

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 09b1f676e2e0bbff67c568672c565c6f31470157 to < 70a5a1950cca02c5cd161bb3846b4d983eed97d3affected
  • 3c5e44622011b9ea21bd425875dcccfc9a158f5f to < 4ca041f919f13783b0b03894783deee00dbca19aaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.13.2 to < 5.13.5affected

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