Vulnerability CVE-2023-4881


Published: 2023-09-11

Description:
A stack based out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel. If the expression length is a multiple of 4 (register size), the `nft_exthdr_eval` family of functions writes 4 NULL bytes past the end of the `regs` argument, leading to stack corruption and potential information disclosure or a denial of service.

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4881
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238312

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