CVE-2023-52433 (GCVE-0-2023-52433)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-20 12:52
Modified
2026-08-05 09:09
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: skip sync GC for new elements in this transaction New elements in this transaction might expired before such transaction ends. Skip sync GC for such elements otherwise commit path might walk over an already released object. Once transaction is finished, async GC will collect such expired element.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: cb4d00b563675ba8ff6ef94b077f58d816f68ba3
Version: c357648929c8dff891502349769aafb8f0452bc2
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Version: f6c383b8c31a93752a52697f8430a71dcbc46adf
Version: f6c383b8c31a93752a52697f8430a71dcbc46adf
Version: e4d71d6a9c7db93f7bf20c3a0f0659d63d7de681
Version: 6.4.11   ≤
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