Vulnerability CVE-2023-39189


Published: 2023-10-09

Description:
A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel. The nfnl_osf_add_callback function did not validate the user mode controlled opt_num field. This flaw allows a local privileged (CAP_NET_ADMIN) attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a crash or information disclosure.

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39189
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2226777

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