CVE-2023-5972
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5972
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5972.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-5972
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2023-11-23T18:15:07Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-05T13:28:31.597003Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189