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.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3