An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family); While creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within `nf_tables_newtable` function enables an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access.
Workaround:
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6040 | third party advisory issue tracking |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 | third party advisory mailing list |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/12/1 | patch mailing list third party advisory |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html | third party advisory vdb entry |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html | third party advisory mailing list |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html | third party advisory mailing list |