CVE-2023-6040
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Jan 12, 2024
Updated: Jun 27, 2024
CWE ID 125
Summary
CVE-2023-6040 is an out-of-bounds access vulnerability affecting netfilter. When creating a new netfilter table, a lack of validation for invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within the `nf_tables_newtable` function allows an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access. This issue was addressed with the commit f1082dd31fe4, which rejects tables of unsupported families to prevent potential exploitation.
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