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.
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Description | 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. | |
Title | netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: fix null deref on element insertion | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-10-04T15:17:08.598Z
Updated: 2025-10-04T15:17:08.598Z
Reserved: 2025-10-04T15:14:15.924Z
Link: CVE-2023-53566

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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-10-04T16:15:52.103
Modified: 2025-10-06T14:56:21.733
Link: CVE-2023-53566
