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Debian: CVE-2023-42756: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-42756: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/28/2023
Created
10/24/2023
Added
10/23/2023
Modified
10/23/2023

Description

A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A race condition between IPSET_CMD_ADD and IPSET_CMD_SWAP can lead to a kernel panic due to the invocation of `__ip_set_put` on a wrong `set`. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-5-10

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