CVE-2023-52581

netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak when more than 255 elements expired

State
Published
Severity
6.3 Medium
Published
Mar 2, 2024
Updated
May 23, 2026
Reserved
Mar 2, 2024

Read the record on cve.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak when more than 255 elements expired

When more than 255 elements expired we're supposed to switch to a new gc container structure.

This never happens: u8 type will wrap before reaching the boundary and nft_trans_gc_space() always returns true.

This means we recycle the initial gc container structure and lose track of the elements that came before.

While at it, don't deref 'gc' after we've passed it to call_rcu.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 8da1b048f9a501d3d7d38c188ba09d7d0d5b8c27 to before 7cf055b43756b10aa2b851c927c940f5ed652125Affected
  • bbdb3b65aa91aa0a32b212f27780b28987f2d94f to before a995a68e8a3b48533e47c856865d109a1f1a9d01Affected
  • 448be0774882f95a74fa5eb7519761152add601b to before 09c85f2d21ab6b5acba31a037985b13e8e6565b8Affected
  • d19e8bf3ea4114dd21fc35da21f398203d7f7df1 to before ef99506eaf1dc31feff1adfcfd68bc5535a22171Affected
  • ea3eb9f2192e4fc33b795673e56c97a21987f868 to before 7e5d732e6902eb6a37b35480796838a145ae5f07Affected
  • 5f68718b34a531a556f2f50300ead2862278da26 to before 4aea243b6853d06c1d160a9955b759189aa02b14Affected
  • 5f68718b34a531a556f2f50300ead2862278da26 to before cf5000a7787cbc10341091d37245a42c119d26c5Affected
  • 0624f190b5742a1527cd938295caa8dc5281d4cdAffected
  • 6.4.11 to before 6.5Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.5Affected
  • before 6.5Not affected
  • 6.5.6 through 6.5.*Not affected
  • 6.6 and laterNot affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.