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medium 5.5

CVE-2023-4569 json

Kernel: information leak in nft_set_catchall_flush in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c

published 2023-08-28 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-54424

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A memory leak flaw was found in nft_set_catchall_flush in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause double-deactivations of catchall elements, which can result in a memory leak.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 6.5
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.52-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.4.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4569

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-84.93
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1045.50
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1042.50
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1042.47
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1038.41
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1042.47
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1047.54
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1028.33

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4569

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.5, Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.18.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.18.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.18.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.18.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.28.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3988-1SUSE-SU-2023:3971-1SUSE-SU-2023:3969-1SUSE-SU-2023:3964-1SUSE-SU-2023:3599-1SUSE-SU-2023:3599-2

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.131.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-28545

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-4569 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: information leak in nft_set_catchall_flush in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Kernel
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Fedora Fedora

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-402 Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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References

Sources

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