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CVE-2023-6622 Details

Description

A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in nft_dynset_init() in net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c in nf_tables in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN user privilege to trigger a denial of service.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6622	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253632	CVE	Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3701cd390fd731ee7ae8b8006246c8db82c72bea	CVE	Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AAOVK2F3ALGKYIQ5IOMAYEC2DGI7BWAW/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G3AGDVE3KBLOOYBPISFDS74R4YAZEDAY/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6622	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253632	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3701cd390fd731ee7ae8b8006246c8db82c72bea	[email protected]	Patch

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-476	NULL Pointer Dereference	[email protected]
CWE-476	NULL Pointer Dereference	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fedoraproject fedora	38 39
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
linux linux kernel	>= 5.11, <= 6.6 6.7 rc1 6.7 rc2 6.7 rc3 6.7 rc4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc4:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 25, 2025	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
Sep 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 29, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 22, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 22, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 22, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 21, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 12, 2023	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 8, 2023	New CVE Received	[email protected]

CVE-2023-6622 Details

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