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CVE-2023-1095

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2023-02-28 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In nf_tables_updtable, if nf_tables_table_enable returns an error, nft_trans_destroy is called to free the transaction object. nft_trans_destroy() calls list_del(), but the transaction was never placed on a list -- the list head is all zeroes, this results in a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelRedhat Enterprise Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-476, CWE-476

References