CVE-2023-42756
Moderate
CVE-2023-42756
A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A race condition between IPSET_CMD_ADD and IPSET_CMD_SWAP can lead to a kernel panic due to the invocation of `__ip_set_put` on a wrong `set`. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
September 28, 2023
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-42756
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A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A race condition between IPSET_CMD_ADD and IPSET_CMD_SWAP can lead to a kernel panic due to the invocation of `__ip_set_put` on a wrong `set`. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42756
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239848
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GISYSL3F6WIEVGHJGLC2MFNTUXHPTKQH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GPMICQ2HVZO5UAM5KPXHAZKA2U3ZDOO6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/V5PDNWPKAP3WL5RQZ4RIDS6MG32OHH5R/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q3/242