CVE-2023-6040
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6040
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-6040.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-6040
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2024-01-12T02:15:44.683Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-23T08:36:01.338141Z
- 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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An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nftables: Reject tables of unsupported family); While creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nftables family (pf) values within
nf_tables_newtablefunction enables an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access. - References
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
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Introduceddf0cc57e057f18e44dac8e6c18aba47ab53202f9Fixed4b0986a3613c92f4ec1bdc7f60ec66fea135991f