Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: deactivate anonymous set from preparation phase [ backport for 4.14 of c1592a89942e9678f7d9c8030efa777c0d57edab ] Toggle deleted anonymous sets as inactive in the next generation, so users cannot perform any update on it. Clear the generation bitmask in case the transaction is aborted. The following KASAN splat shows a set element deletion for a bound anonymous set that has been already removed in the same transaction. [ 64.921510] ================================================================== [ 64.923123] BUG: KASAN: wild-memory-access in nf_tables_commit+0xa24/0x1490 [nf_tables] [ 64.924745] Write of size 8 at addr dead000000000122 by task test/890 [ 64.927903] CPU: 3 PID: 890 Comm: test Not tainted 6.3.0+ #253 [ 64.931120] Call Trace: [ 64.932699] <TASK> [ 64.934292] dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x50 [ 64.935908] ? nf_tables_commit+0xa24/0x1490 [nf_tables] [ 64.937551] kasan_report+0xda/0x120 [ 64.939186] ? nf_tables_commit+0xa24/0x1490 [nf_tables] [ 64.940814] nf_tables_commit+0xa24/0x1490 [nf_tables] [ 64.942452] ? __kasan_slab_alloc+0x2d/0x60 [ 64.944070] ? nf_tables_setelem_notify+0x190/0x190 [nf_tables] [ 64.945710] ? kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 [ 64.947323] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x709/0xd90 [nfnetlink] [ 64.948898] ? nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x480/0x480 [nfnetlink]
INFO
Published Date :
2025-10-22T13:23:40.163Z
Last Modified :
2025-10-23T05:46:23.597Z
Source :
Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The following products are affected by CVE-2023-53701 vulnerability.
| Vendors | Products |
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| Linux |
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