CVE-2015-1573
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 2, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 10, 2015
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190966
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2f18db0c68fec96631c10cad9384c196e9008ac
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a2f18db0c68fec96631c10cad9384c196e9008ac
- RHSA-2015:1138vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- 72552vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20150210 Re: CVE-Request -- Linux kernel - panic on nftables rule flushmailing-list
- RHSA-2015:1137vendor-advisory
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