VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-42756

CVSS score4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-09-28
Last modified2026-11-01
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A race condition between IPSET_CMD_ADD and IPSET_CMD_SWAP can lead to a kernel panic due to the invocation of `__ip_set_put` on a wrong `set`. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-362
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Primary references