VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-5972
This issue could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80Patch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.