CVE-2023-52924

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52924
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52924.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-52924
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-02-05T09:07:55.418Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:46:38.561724Z
Summary
netfilter: nf_tables: don't skip expired elements during walk
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: don't skip expired elements during walk

There is an asymmetry between commit/abort and preparation phase if the following conditions are met:

  1. set is a verdict map ("1.2.3.4 : jump foo")
  2. timeouts are enabled

In this case, following sequence is problematic:

  1. element E in set S refers to chain C
  2. userspace requests removal of set S
  3. kernel does a set walk to decrement chain->use count for all elements from preparation phase
  4. kernel does another set walk to remove elements from the commit phase (or another walk to do a chain->use increment for all elements from abort phase)

If E has already expired in 1), it will be ignored during list walk, so its use count won't have been changed.

Then, when set is culled, ->destroy callback will zap the element via nftablessetelemdestroy(), but this function is only safe for elements that have been deactivated earlier from the preparation phase: lack of earlier deactivate removes the element but leaks the chain use count, which results in a WARN splat when the chain gets removed later, plus a leak of the nft_chain structure.

Update pipapo_get() not to skip expired elements, otherwise flush command reports bogus ENOENT errors.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52924.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
9d0982927e79049675cb6c6c04a0ebb3dad5a434
Fixed
94313a196b44184b5b52c1876da6a537701b425a
Fixed
1da4874d05da1526b11b82fc7f3c7ac38749ddf8
Fixed
b15ea4017af82011dd55225ce77cce3d4dfc169c
Fixed
7c7e658a36f8b1522bd3586d8137e5f93a25ddc5
Fixed
59dab3bf0b8fc08eb802721c0532f13dd89209b8
Fixed
bd156ce9553dcaf2d6ee2c825d1a5a1718e86524
Fixed
24138933b97b055d486e8064b4a1721702442a9b

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52924.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.1.0
Fixed
4.19.316
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.262
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.198
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.134
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.56
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.4.11

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52924.json"