CVE-2023-7192CWE-401
Kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack()
Medium · published January 2, 2024
What it is
A memory leak problem was found in ctnetlink_create_conntrack in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack due to a refcount overflow.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 5.5 · MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00298 · 21.3th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
- Published
- 2024-01-02T19:02Z
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