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CVE-2015-1573

Published: May 2, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The nft_flush_table function in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 mishandles the interaction between cross-chain jumps and ruleset flushes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190966

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2f18db0c68fec96631c10cad9384c196e9008ac

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a2f18db0c68fec96631c10cad9384c196e9008ac

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vendor-advisory

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5

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vdb-entry

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[oss-security] 20150210 Re: CVE-Request -- Linux kernel - panic on nftables rule flush

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vendor-advisory

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