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CVE-2023-7192 Detail

Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0723
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0725
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1250
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1306
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1367
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1382
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1404
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2006
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2008
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7192 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256279 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=ac4893980bbe79ce383daf9a0885666a30fe4c83 Mailing List  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST   Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-7192
NVD Published Date:
01/02/2024
NVD Last Modified:
04/25/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.