CVE-2023-5972 (GCVE-0-2023-5972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-23 17:21
Modified
2024-08-02 08:14
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CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary
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.
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