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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53566

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53566 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: fix null deref on element insertion There is no guarantee that rb_prev() will not return NULL in nft_rbtree_gc_elem(): general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000003: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f] nft_add_set_elem+0x14b0/0x2990 nf_tables_newsetelem+0x528/0xb30 Furthermore, there is a possible use-after-free while iterating, 'node' can be free'd so we need to cache the next value to use.

Risk Scores

CVSS 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

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux6.1.27-1, 6.1.27-1, 0
Debian:11linux5.10.158-1, 5.10.92-1~bpo10+1, 5.10.92-2
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 4, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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