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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-5972

CVE-2023-5972

Description

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.

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Affected products

29
  • Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy22 versions
    (expand)+ 21 more
    • (no CPE)
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.2.1,<=6.5.10
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Servercpe-rescue4 versions
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6+ 3 more
    • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
    • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
    • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
    • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
  • osv-coords
    pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=mantic
    Range: < 6.5.0-1015.15
  • Fedorahosted/Fedoracpe-rescue
  • Fedoraproject/Fedora
    cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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