UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5972

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5972

    Published: 23 Nov 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-5972

    Summary:

    Details: A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the nft_inner.c functionality of netfilter in the Linux kernel. This issue could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5972, https://git.kernel.org/linus/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7, https://git.kernel.org/linus/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6624-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6652-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5972

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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