CVE-2021-46283

Summary

CVECVE-2021-46283
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-11 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-20 13:30:00 UTC
Descriptionnf_tables_newset in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault) because of the missing initialization for nft_set_elem_expr_alloc. A local user can set a netfilter table expression in their own namespace.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-665

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.13 MISC cdn.kernel.org
general protection fault in nft_set_elem_expr_alloc MISC syzkaller.appspot.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179629 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-46283)
  • 751657 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0198-1)
  • 751666 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0169-1)
  • 751993 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0198-1)
  • 753194 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0288-1)
  • 753267 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0169-1)
  • 900522 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (7484)
  • 906009 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (7484-1)
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