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CVE-2023-6040
high
Description
An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family); While creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within `nf_tables_newtable` function enables an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access.
References
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html