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Red Hat: CVE-2023-7192: kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-7192: kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/02/2024
Created
02/09/2024
Added
02/08/2024
Modified
03/20/2024

Description

A memory leak problem was found in ctnetlink_create_conntrack in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack due to a refcount overflow.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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