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CVE-2023-6040
An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family)
High7.8EPSS 0.31%
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- canonical
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonicalCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
The Linux Kernel Organization · linux
- affected < 5.18-rc1
What to do
Workaround: Disabling unprivileged user namespaces mitigates the issue.
References (6)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
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