CVE-2023-6622

medium

Description

A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in nft_dynset_init() in net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c in nf_tables in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN user privilege to trigger a denial of service.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3701cd390fd731ee7ae8b8006246c8db82c72bea

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253632

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6622

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-12-08

Updated: 2024-09-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium