Vulnerability CVE-2023-4569
Published: 2023-08-28   Modified: 2023-08-29

Description:
A memory leak flaw was found in nft_set_catchall_flush in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a double-deactivations of catchall elements, which results in a memory leak.

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2235470
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/patch/20230812110526.49808-1-fw@strlen.de/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4569
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