CVE-2023-5972

Description

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the nft_inner.c functionality of netfilter in the Linux kernel. This issue could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected products

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

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972 ↗
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189 ↗
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7 ↗
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80 ↗