CVE-2023-5972

Published: Nov 23, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (22)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel · Fedoraproject: Fedora

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

21 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.2.1 to 6.5.10
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2.0 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2.0 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2.0 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2.0 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2.0 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2.0 rc6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2 rc6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2 rc7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.2 rc8
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.6 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.6 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.6 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.6 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.6 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.6 rc6