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.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3841-1 linux-5.10 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58297 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6605-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6605-2 Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6607-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6609-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6609-2 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6609-3 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6628-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6628-2 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
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Workaround

Disabling unprivileged user namespaces mitigates the issue.

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:09:18.328Z

Reserved: 2023-11-08T20:12:50.288Z

Link: CVE-2023-6040

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:07:25.916Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-01-12T02:15:44.683

Modified: 2025-03-20T16:59:40.090

Link: CVE-2023-6040

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-01-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-6040 - Bugzilla

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