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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2023-4569 EUVD-2023-54424GHSA-2hgr-q34g-9rrw

Kernel: information leak in nft_set_catchall_flush in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c

Published Aug 28, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by redhat

Vendor: Fedora Vendor: Red Hat Product: Fedora Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

A memory leak flaw was found in nft_set_catchall_flush in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause double-deactivations of catchall elements, which can result in a memory leak.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Kernel — 6.5-rc7
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —
Fedora Fedora — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.4.13-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.4.13-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.52-1 DSA-5492-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1024.26 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-84.93 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1045.50 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.2 +1 6.2.0-1012.12~22.04.1 USN-6383-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1047.54 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1047.54.1 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.2 6.2.0-1012.12~22.04.1.1 USN-6383-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1042.50 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.2 6.2.0-1014.14~22.04.1 USN-6383-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1042.47 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1028.33 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.2 6.2.0-33.33~22.04.1 USN-6383-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1038.41 USN-6386-2, USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1040.46 USN-6386-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 6.2.0-1013.13~22.04.1 USN-6383-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1033.33 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.2 6.2.0-1011.11 USN-6466-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1018.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1005.5 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.0 6.0.0-1021.21 USN-6385-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.1 6.1.0-1022.22 USN-6384-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1044.50 USN-6386-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +11 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1025.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1045.50~20.04.1 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1047.54~20.04.1 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1047.54~20.04.1.1 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1042.50~20.04.1 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1028.33~20.04.1 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-84.93~20.04.1 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1038.41~20.04.1 USN-6386-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 USN-6386-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1018.18~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1044.50~20.04.1 USN-6386-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1041.45~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1039.41 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1046.52 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-101.111 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1056.61 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.5 +1 6.5.0-1016.16~22.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1059.67 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.5 6.5.0-1017.17~22.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1054.62 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1053.58 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-26.26~22.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1049.52 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-174.193 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1121.131 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1056.61~20.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1126.133 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1125.134 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1054.62~20.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gke No fix yet LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gke-5.15 5.15.0-1032.37~20.04.1 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1088.92 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-101.111~20.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1068.73 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1049.52~20.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-223.235 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1166.179 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1121.131~18.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1175.190 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1126.133~18.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1160.177 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1125.134~18.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-174.193~18.04.1 LSN-0103-1, LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-252.286 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1167.182 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1166.179~16.04.1 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1175.190~16.04.1 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1160.177~16.04.1 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-223.235~16.04.1 LSN-0102-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-252.286~14.04.1 LSN-0102-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3971-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.17.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3656-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1.150500.6.11.2 SUSE-SU-2023:3971-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150400.14.66.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3682-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.88.1.150400.24.40.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3971-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1.150500.6.11.2 SUSE-SU-2023:3971-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.18.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3988-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.88.1.150400.24.40.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150400.15.53.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3964-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.88.1.150400.24.40.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150400.15.53.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3964-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3971-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_4 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3988-1, SUSE-SU-2023:3599-2, SUSE-SU-2023:3599-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_5 1-150500.11.5.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3971-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_12 +1 1-150400.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3964-1, SUSE-SU-2023:3600-2, SUSE-SU-2023:3600-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_18 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.18.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3988-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP4 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150400.15.53.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3964-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +10 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3971-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.17.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3656-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1.150500.6.11.2 SUSE-SU-2023:3971-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.18.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3988-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 dtb-aarch64 +10 5.14.21-150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150400.14.66.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3682-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.88.1.150400.24.40.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150400.15.53.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3964-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.49-69.116 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-330
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.49-69.116.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-330

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.131.1-2 —

Advisories 22

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