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CVE-2015-1573
medium
Description
The nft_flush_table function in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 mishandles the interaction between cross-chain jumps and ruleset flushes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
References
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2f18db0c68fec96631c10cad9384c196e9008ac
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190966
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72552
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/13
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html