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CVE-2021-46283

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2022-01-11 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

nf_tables_newset in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault) because of the missing initialization for nft_set_elem_expr_alloc. A local user can set a netfilter table expression in their own namespace.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-665

References