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CVE-2023-52581

6.3 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (6.3) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak when more than 255 elements expired When more than 255 elements expired we're supposed to switch to a new gc container structure. This never happens: u8 type will wrap before reaching the boundary and nft_trans_gc_space() always returns true. This means we recycle the initial gc container structure and lose track of the elements that came before. While at it, don't deref 'gc' after we've passed it to call_rcu.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.3 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 17% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-401
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

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