CVE-2023-1095

2023-02-2823:15:11

CWE-476

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security issue

null pointer dereference

nf_tables_updtable

list_del

transaction object

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.2%

JSON

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.