Vulnerability CVE-2023-6622
Published: 2023-12-08   Modified: 2023-12-14

Description:
A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in nft_dynset_init() in net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c in nf_tables in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN user privilege to trigger a denial of service.

Type:

CWE-476

 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6622
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253632
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3701cd390fd731ee7ae8b8006246c8db82c72bea
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