CVE-2023-54035

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in chain reference counter Set element addition error path decrements reference counter on chains twice: once on element release and again via nft_data_release(). Then, d6b478666ffa ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix underflow in object reference counter") incorrectly fixed this by removing the stateful object reference count decrement. Restore the stateful object decrement as in b91d90368837 ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix leaking object reference count") and let nft_data_release() decrement the chain reference counter, so this is done only once.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b389139f12f287b8ed2e2628b72df89a081f0b59

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b068314fd8ce751a7f906e55bb90f3551815f1a0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c959671abc7d4ffdf34eed10c64492d43cb6a3c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-24

Updated: 2025-12-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017