Vulnerability CVE-2024-27064
Published: 2024-05-01

Description:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: Fix a memory leak in nf_tables_updchain

If nft_netdev_register_hooks() fails, the memory associated with
nft_stats is not freed, causing a memory leak.

This patch fixes it by moving nft_stats_alloc() down after
nft_netdev_register_hooks() succeeds.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79846fdcc548d617b0b321addc6a3821d3b75b20
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e4623a4f6e133e671f65f9ac493bddaaf63e250
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77a6b53a3a547b6dedfc40c37cee4f310701090
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eaf837a4eb5f74561e2486972e7f5184b613f6e
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